Is it important to let your child make mistakes?

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Is it important to let your child make mistakes?

Parents want to protect their children but how important is it for parents to let their children make mistakes?

In Topics: My child's growth and development, Parenting / Our Family, Self esteem and identity

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Wayne Yankus

Sep 7, 2012

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What the Expert Says:

It is very important to learn the lessons of failure backed up by teaching, love, and understanding. We have become a society that refuses to acknowledge failure and what it can teach. Read Frank Strasburger's book: Delaying Adolescence in a World Desperate for Adults.

Wayne Yankus, MD, FAAP
expert panelist: pediatrics

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