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Saturday, April 29th, 2017

Why Parents Should Teach Their Kids to Cope with Disappointment [One Minute Feature]

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There are many things parents need to teach their children to prepare them for adulthood. One of the lessons our kids must learn is how to cope with disappointment.

Why Parents Should Teach Their Kids to Cope with Disappointment [One Minute Feature]

Parents should not create a dream world in which their kids never face failure or disappointment. We should instead prepare our kids for the realities of adulthood, so that when disappointments do arrive, our children can face them with grace and character.

Are Your Kids Equipped to Cope with Disappointment as Adults

There’s a lot of talk lately about a generation of snowflakes—kids who are so emotionally fragile that they need a safe place to retreat to when things don’t go their way.

I’m talking about college-age kids—formerly known as adults—claiming to be this side of a nervous breakdown because an election didn’t go their way or someone wore the wrong kind of Halloween costume.

This absolute nonsense is the perfect way to not only destroy individuals, but entire societies as well. It comes largely from parents buying into the idea that Junior should never be traumatized by the realities of ridicule or disappointment.

As parents, let’s always shoot straight with our kids, because the process toward mature adulthood requires dealing with the realities of ridicule and disappointment.

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I am the Founder of Shepherd’s Hill Academy, a Christ-Centered, nature-based, therapeutic boarding school, the Host of License to Parent, and the Author of the book “The Miracles of Shepherd’s Hill:  An Extraordinary Odyssey of Divine Interventions.”  The environment at Shepherd’s Hill Academy is intentionally designed to provide a rich, discipleship-focused atmosphere that promotes physical, emotional, and spiritual health and healing to troubled teenager and their families.  Learn More

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