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When you've accidentally prevented your child from becoming self-reliant

My son brings every problem to me first instead of trying to solve things himself and I realize I have made him dependent on my problem-solving instead of developing his own.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The recognition that helpful parenting may have inadvertently created a child who cannot function independently as an adult.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Launching adult children?”

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