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How to know when resilience becomes harmful

My 12-year-old is being bullied at school and wants to switch schools, but I keep pushing him to 'toughen up' because I don't want him to run from problems like I always did.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Our own unprocessed shame about past choices can influence how we guide our children through similar challenges.

Ideas that help explain it
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