A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video discussing parenting choices, arguing against overindulging children (specifically daughters) and advocating raising resilient, self-valuing girls who are not rewarded for every hurt with material comforts.
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Like, okay, I understand you want to spoil your daughters, and it's different because they're girls. But I'm also going to tell you this. What's going to happen to our daughter when she grows up and she has her first boyfriend and he breaks her heart? What's going to happen? Are you going to take her to Target to get her Barbie when she stubbed her toe the same way? What's going to happen? Is she going to melt? Are you going to reward that behavior of feeling sorry for herself? No. You want to raise a strong girl. You can't reward her every time she gets hurt by buying her a toy now, because when she grows up, she's going to feel sorry for herself and she's not going to value the woman that she needs to be because she needs to know that she is valuable and she doesn't need that. Do you understand.