I completely agree with the author's opinion on parenting. I feel some parents are overprotective of their children, which can inhibit their ability to learn independently. I also think by "babysitting" their children defeats the purpose of school, to learn. The parents intention may be to improve their children's future success, but by doing work for them, or restricting their activities, they are just hurting their children's future. When their children go to college, the parents won't be able to help them with every step. What will the children do when they struggle?
Instead, parents should do as the author suggested and just let them fail. In order to learn how to be successful, they have to be able to fail and recover from it. If they're always successful because of their parents, what will they do when they fail and their parents aren't there? Parents should only help their children when they're failing and can't recover. However, if the children are doing fine, they should not intervene at all. Know when to help is key for parents and letting them fail earlier in life is better than letting them fail later in life as the consequences are lower when they are still children.
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