Why coddling our children ultimately hurts them

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : My time as a mother is much better spent equipping him with the skill of crossing a busy road by himself rather than hovering my hand over his until we get to the other side.
45% : But by engaging in self-censorship, they are putting crucial parts of their lives on the cutting room floor before they've really lived life.SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY ADVOCATE URGES PARENTS TO 'WAKE UP' AND TAKE CHARGE OF BIG TECH IN CHILDREN'S LIVESSo making this film forced me to shift my focus from the impending social media threat looming over our child and his friends to paying closer attention to how he thinks, what bothers him and how he handles disagreement.
41% : Or that this friend hates me now because she was slow to respond to my last text (welcome to my personal mind reading and catastrophizing!).

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