As I get deeper in my professional growth and always surrounded by young people, I am somewhat concerned by the the level of resilience in our children. Seems to me that when faced with a challenge, students have a difficult task grappling to find the strategies to deal with the specific issue. It appears that there is a dependency --- a sense that someone else fixing it, taking care of it. What is it that us, as adults have to reflect upon?
Michael Ungar in his book "Too Safe For Their Own Good" talks about how risks and responsibility help teens thrive. He writes about the "cocooning" of our children and by thus doing, are we doing them a disservice?
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