Ever catch yourself swooping in to fix every little problem for your child? It feels natural to want to protect them, but more parents are starting to do the opposite. They’re stepping back and ...

When my older son Jack was in high school, he accepted a summer job selling solar panels door-to-door. My first reaction was to tell him not to do it. I felt protective—afraid of the rejection he ...

Failure is usually treated like a pothole we should ideally swerve around, but kids need to hit at least a few of them for the sake of their own personal development. Not on purpose, of course, just ...