What is the job of a parent? I like this brief example:
However, as parents it is not our job to put emotional subtitles to our children’s lives. It is our job to help children use language to bring feelings down to size and to instill confidence that most of life’s challenges can be handled.
How well do you manage negative emotions?
When children are expected to manage discomfort in order to meet the demands of the outside world, they usually do. In the process, they develop crucial internal resources that can be drawn upon throughout their lives. Children — and adults — who learn to manage negative emotions enjoy more pleasures and many more options than those who don’t.
Read more here: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/how-psychologists-limit-their-own-children/?smid=tw-NYTMotherlode&seid=auto
and, here: http://stuartschneiderman.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-therapists-screw-up-their-children.html
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