Parents: Why Telling Your Children “You Can Do Anything” Is A Bad Idea

All good parents want the best for their children. Good parents spend time with their children teaching them about the world, and how to be happy in it. For around the past 20 years, many parents have told their children "You can do anything if you put your mind to it!". While this is a positive, feel-good message, it sometimes can do more harm than good. Children need limits, and sometimes in life, they will not be able to achieve their goals. Telling your children, they can do be anyone or...