Are they all the same thing?
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A mother is sitting at the table with her son doing homework
and the son gets stuck on a math problem.
They both know that mom is bad with math, so he grabs a calculator.
But she see's this as cheating.
She says, "put it down, you're not even trying."
Now there's tension in the room.
Not because using a calculator is cheating...a calculator is just a tool.
Every professional uses tools.
But the mom has made an assumption.
Do you think this assumption is based on faith or fear?
Does she have faith that her son will figure it out on his own?
Or does she fear that he won't learn how to think?
What do you think?
How does faith & fear effect parenting?