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[quote=Anonymous]Congrats on having kids without underlying issues. My mom pushed me in the way you describe. I was an anxious child and I guess she thought what you thought. I just need to step outside my comfort zone, etc. I developed an awful eating disorder. I couldn't control anything so I controlled my food intake. I'm 47 now and still anxious. I still think of every little bite I consume.

I think you need to realize that no everyone has kids where your ideas will turn out well. Thankfully my own teen is not anxious to the degree that I am but will get nervous and embarrassed about mistakes. He got his first job last summer and had a great time but on the last day of the summer, his boss yelled at him in front of his coworkers and guests. He said he tried not to cry because it went on for so long. He ended up walking away. He was humiliated and will only apply to certain types of jobs this summer because of that. If I took away his phone, etc etc to force him to take any job, he wouldn't care. That situation affected him so badly.

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