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[quote=Anonymous]OP, what are your long term parenting goals?  Are they for your child to be independent?  Self sufficient?  Happy?  Successful?  Have a good relationship with others?

Then before you do anything, ask yourself if your actions will move him toward these goals or farther away.

I am constantly amazed at the number of parents who claim that their number one goal is for their child to be able to take care of him/herself and then they insert themselves in every situation that the child becomes uncomfortable or upset. How in the heck do these people expect their children to be self sufficient?  Do you think it magically just happens at a certain age?  No, it is learned through experience.

Life is uncomfortable at times. It's unfair at times. Let him learn how to cope, you will be doing him a favor.

This isn't about YOU and how hard it is for YOU to witness this. Let him experience it and become stronger so he can tell his children this story one day when they come home upset after a bad grade.

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