20d • General discussion
Stop Entertaining Your Kids
One sentence from this week's conversation with Pat Barber keeps echoing in my head:
The goal isn't to make life easier for your children. The goal is to make your children more capable.
That changes everything.
Instead of doing it for them...
Invite them into it.
Let them cook.
Let them build.
Let them carry.
Let them fail.
Let them try again.
The project might take twice as long.
You'll probably have to bite your tongue.
But years from now, they won't remember that Dad finished the project quickly.
They'll remember that Dad believed they were capable enough to help.
That's how confidence is built.
Not by telling a child they're amazing.
By giving them something meaningful to become amazing at.
Reflection
This week, where are you making life easier...
...when you could be making your child more capable?
What's one real responsibility you're going to hand over this week?
Not because they'll do it perfectly—
but because that's how they'll learn.
👇 Share one thing you're committing to this week.
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Stop Entertaining Your Kids
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