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Feb 2025
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How to build resilience in children by a...

CINDY HOVINGTON, PH.D.
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Send us Fan Mail We discuss the essential balance of parenting, focusing on how allowing children to fail fosters resilience and independence. Jessica Leahy shares insights from her book, The Gift of Failure, highlighting the dangers of over-parenting and the need to embrace failure as a part of learning. • The significance of letting children experience fa ... Show More
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