Is protecting our kids from failure actually making them weaker?
Kate Mason welcomes resilience expert and former SAS officer Tim Curtis to explore the roots of rising anxiety in children and young adults.
They dive into how societal changes, overprotective parenting, and lack of free play are quietly eroding resilience—and what we can do about it.
Tim and Kate unpack how modeling emotional regulation, allowing safe failure, and encouraging responsibility can help children (and even adult kids) grow stronger, more adaptable, and better prepared for life’s challenges.
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8:20 Risky Play and Why Broken Bones Used to Mean Growth
11:53 Growth Mindset and Learning Through Failure
18:27 Modeling Resilience: The Bobo Doll Experiment
26:11 The Lifeguard Parent: Prevent the Drowning, Not the Swimming
28:01 Chores, Independence, and Resilience-Building at Home
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