CNN – Kelly Wallace
“Helicopter parenting, coupled with the belief that we should never let our children fail, have given rise to kids who are ill-prepared to cope with life’s challenges, said Koval and her co-author, Linda Kaplan Thaler, in a joint interview…Kids today need to hear about how Colin Powell went from C-minus student to four-star general, how Abraham Lincoln was a failure in business and lost eight elections, and how Thomas Edison was told he would never amount to much…What can you do to raise a child who knows what grit is, and works on developing grit, so they can deal with life’s challenges that will inevitably come their way? I have boiled down Kaplan Thaler and Koval’s helpful advice with five tips:”(more)