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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you tell your kids that the world is too big and scary for them to manage on their own (repeatedly, by not letting your kids have normal experiences as a teen) you handicap them in many ways. They learn to look to authority figures to tell them how to manage. This usually leads to either massively rebellious teens (who don’t trust any authority bc they feel oppressed) or overly compliant and fearful personalities who can’t make a move without someone telling them every move. These are the young adults that are failure to launch, and can get stuck in dead end jobs or marriages [/quote] +1 Anxiety is absolutely learned. We have friends who are terrified of bugs so they won't camp and don't like nature. They now have teens who have never experienced nature and are also scared of bugs and won't even eat outside in a backyard. [/quote]
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