Turns out that today’s young people are so unprepared to be adults that colleges are offering “adulating” classes.
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Turns out that today’s young people are so unprepared to be adults that colleges are offering “adulating” classes.
Does this say something about today’s young folks? Maybe. But I believe it says much more about today’s helicopter parents. Hovering over your children teaches them to be needy, apparently useless young adults.
Good job, mom and dad!
But never fear, parents. Christmas will be here soon, and this year you can give your kids something they desperately need. No, not a new computer or phone. You can give them independence. You can give them responsibility. You can give them a work ethic.
Those things might not be a cool as a new iPhone, but they are more valuable and apparently more needed.
First, let your kids make some decisions for themselves. If that decision means they will face some mild consequences, that is not a bad thing. We all learn from our mistakes, but kids won’t if they are never allowed to make them.