The One Thing Our Children Need More Of

To become capable, confident adults

Julie Louisson
Family Matters
Published in
6 min readFeb 24, 2021

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Two mothers spend the afternoon at the playground with their children, who happen to be of a similar age, about 3 years old.

One mother suggests to her son, “How about we give the slide a go?”
He follows her over to the ladder. When he struggles a little to climb it, she lifts him onto the platform then climbs…

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