Parents often shield kids from failure, fearing it will derail their future. But failure is how people build resilience in sports, business, and life. Avoiding it entirely robs children of learning, growth, and the joy that comes from overcoming setbacks.
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Somehow we get it into our heads that they have to be, they can't have failure. They have to succeed because we erroneously believe like the stakes are so high and, you know, if anything goes wrong, you know, they won't succeed. They won't, they won't have a good life. Right. Well, that's not true. Right. In fact, this is why I think, I mean, there's many domains where this is true, but sports, for instance, one of the, one of the good things about sports is you'll experience a lot of failure. If you, if you are on a baseball team or a soccer team or play tennis, In business, you will, you know, lose almost as many games as you win, or maybe more. And it's, and you understand, of course, right? That's part of the activity. And you develop your failure muscles. When parents make the mistake of trying to shield their kids from failure, trying to prevent failure at all costs, what they really prevent is learning, you know, stretching, adventure, and even joy.