You have two choices: comfort the crisis or celebrate the gift.
Most parents choose comfort. They validate the big feelings, offer solutions, maybe even march over to fix it themselves.
But what if that small moment is actually your child’s ticket to freedom?
Every time we treat a minor inconvenience like a major catastrophe, we’re training our kids to be professional sufferers.
Think about the adults in your life who drain your energy. The ones who always have drama. Who find problems in paradise.
They weren’t born that way – they were taught that everything deserves outrage.
Here’s what changed everything for me: I started celebrating my kids’ fake emergencies.
“Oh wow, you get to practice not caring about things that don’t matter! This is amazing training for real life!”
Because the truth is kids who learn early that most problems aren’t actually problems become adults who focus their energy on things that truly count.
They’re happier. Stronger. Way more fun to be around.
Your child’s next meltdown over something trivial? That’s not a parenting failure – that’s a golden teaching opportunity disguised as chaos ✨
A clip from The Studio live Office hours coaching session.
Save this for the next “crisis” moment and share with parents who need this perspective shift.
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