14th November 2025
I love this quote, “The parents who don’t not teach their children their duties are as guilty as the children who neglect them.”
Struggles help all of us, that’s why a wee bit of effort goes a long way to develop our strength to face life’s difficulties!
As parents, we sometimes go too far trying to help and protect our kids from life’s harsh realities and disappointments.
We don’t want our kids to struggle like we did.
But Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Dan Kindlon says that over-protected children are more likely to struggle in relationships and with challenges.
We’re sending our kids the message that they’re not capable of helping themselves.
My favorite parenting motto has always been, “Prepare the child for the road, not the road for the child.”
Yet even so, it’s hard not to be a ‘Snowplow Parent’ in an age of Snowplow Parenting.
It’s hard not to clear every obstacle in our children’s path so they can be happy now – getting what they want, when they want it.
But when we clear the road for a child, we make their life too easy.
We don’t allow them to build life-coping skills they’ll need down the road to handle life’s hard realities.
It’s hard to admit this, but part of a parent’s job is to help our kids not need us.
Most of all, I hope I can love my kids enough to not make their life too easy. It’s a tall order for any parent whose heart breaks whenever their child is unhappy, but one we must all work toward if we want our kids to reach their full potential as healthy and well-adjusted adults.
Warren Buffett imparted a golden nugget of wisdom on giving to Children: “Leave children enough so they can do anything but not enough that they can do nothing.”
This Children’s Day, Lets take a pledge not overprotect our children,
Let’s prepare our children for the road & stay Blessed forever!