Over-Helping: Teaching Kids to Give UpWhy solving their problems hurts their future resilience

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Parenting Choices Decoded

Resilience relies on understanding the causal link between effort and outcome. Martin Seligman’s experiments on "learned helplessness" reveal that when obstacles are always removed by others, individuals eventually stop trying to succeed on their own. Constant intervention creates a disconnect where personal action feels futile. Allowing children to face struggles is the only way to teach them that they have the power to change their situation.