The Case of the Broken Banana: Building Kids' Resilience |
I call this the “taping the pretzel” trap: Your child flips out when something unexpected happens and demands you undo it, which might mean trying to put a broken pretzel back together, making a new sandwich because you cut it on the wrong diagonal, or walking back up the stairs you had already descended because your child wanted to walk down first.
While it may seem like no big deal to just “fix” it and provide the relief your child is seeking, in other words—to make them “happy”—that doesn’t lead to