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Podcast Episode 60: Guarding Kids Against Addiction
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Podcast Episode 60: Guarding Kids Against Addiction

Addiction is a difficult subject to navigate with your kids. And in families with a significant track record of substance addiction, parents face additional challenges when it comes to educating their children about drugs and alcohol.

Jessica Lahey shares her research and personal stories about addiction, kids, and how we can best guard our kids against addiction.

One Simple Way to Develop Perseverance in Kids

One Simple Way to Develop Perseverance in Kids

It took me by surprise.

My daughter was in first grade at the time. She had just started to read books longer than simple sight word readers.

As she struggled through a particularly difficult part, her eyes filled with tears and she threw the book down.

“I CAN’T DO IT! I’M NEVER GOING TO READ!”

She ran to the couch and buried her head in the cushions,

“Sweetie! It’s OK”
“NO! I’m just not good at it. I can’t do it. I’m stupid.”

Oh, you know how that makes your heart sink as a parent.

And she refused to try. I asked her to look at it again and she wouldn’t.