My house has been full of the sounds of sibling rivalry from the moment my firstborn first poked his week-old baby sister and set her wailing. The rumpus has continued right through the argument I just busted up between that baby sister, now 12 years old, and her two baby sisters over who ate the [...]
Parents Must Let Their Kids Fail More Often
June 3, 2012 | Posted by
While parents may feel inclined to protect their children from every situation where they might fail, child development experts say that allowing children to fail is crucial to their development. “Think of the things you learn when you encounter and move beyond failure,” child psychologist Rahil Briggs, Psy.D., director of the Healthy Steps program at [...]
