👇 Type GRIT in the comments to get a link to our free printable on developing grit & reslience in children 💪 Children develop executive functioning skills (like planning, problem solving, and impulse control) through practice — not by following directions. Give them room to choose, to fail, to try again. That’s how the brain learns. 🧠 #grit #parenting #parentingtips #cihlddevelopment #momsofinstagram | Institute of Child Psychology

Children who don’t face any challenges are deprived of developing any grit, resilience and patience. Parents who shield their children from controlled difficulties starve their children’s growth out of PTSD from their childhood traumas. When we want to live our life through our children, we forget that we became who we are through our struggles. You are not forged through what you have, but you are forged through what you go through. And far too many parents are finding their children become reb