Helping Enough But Not Too Much
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Power of Families Radio
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When your child is running for office at school, looking for a job, or working a school assignment, how much do you help? If you have ideas about what they can and should do, how much do you try to talk them into things? Are you OK with letting them fail sometimes?
It can be so hard to know when to step in and when to step back!
In this episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (blogger at 71toes.com) share some personal stories and talk about how hard it can be to know when to help our kids or push them to do certain things and when to stand back.
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