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Raising Mentally Strong Kids

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Book-Review

Raising Mentally Strong Kids

Raising Mentally Strong Kids (affiliate link) is one of the better parenting books I have read recently. Highly recommended, 5/5.

A lot of parenting books have the same concepts, but it is good to re-read the same ideas with different perspectives from various authors. It helps reinforce those ideas.

The main ideas are:

Focus on yourself first. Fix your issues, get good sleep, handle stress, do hard things, be a good example.
Physical activity is very important for brain development.
Fight Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANT).
Give kids chores, give them hard things to do, let them fail when stakes are low.
Choose authoritative parenting style. But don't nag, let kids learn from their mistakes and be there for them when they fail.

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