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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with so many of the comments above, about giving them responsibility and boundaries. I also think an important component is to let them face (age-appropriate) adversity and disappointment. For little kids, that’s doing stuff like going shopping for a friend’s birthday present without buying anything for them. (Sure, you’re going to have to explain this about 482 times, before, during and after. But it will eventually get better.) For tweens, it’s not engineering an even better, more stupendous, 100x more fabulous experience when they’re not invited to a popular sleepover. Just give them a hug, a hot chocolate and a sympathetic ear, as many times as necessary. For teens, have them get a sucky, low-wage, crazy-manager hourly job. And then teach them how to quit (professionally) and how to talk about Job #1 to Job #2. [/quote]
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