Dan Martell - Stop protecting your kids from the world

00:00:00.000 Too many parents wanna bubble wrap their children.

00:00:02.660 When my kids were little,

00:00:03.660 like four or five years old going to daycare,

00:00:05.920 I would watch parents sit there, tie their little shoes,

00:00:09.480 zip their little jackets, give me your hand,

00:00:11.620 and put the gloves on and the toques

00:00:13.520 and tie it under their chin.

00:00:15.000 And I'm like sitting there with my boys saying,

00:00:16.960 I got all night.

00:00:17.820 And it would take 20 minutes for them to get ready.

00:00:20.400 And every one of the educators used to look at me

00:00:22.460 and give me a thumbs up.

00:00:23.600 Because they knew I was teaching my kids

00:00:25.900 how to deal with adversity,

00:00:27.060 to be accountable for themselves,

00:00:28.340 to get dressed appropriately,

00:00:29.400 because we're going out the front door.

00:00:30.780 And if you're cold,

00:00:31.700 that's because you decided not to get dressed properly.

00:00:34.180 And in the future,

00:00:35.660 when the educator has to get them dressed

00:00:37.400 to go for a walk outside,

00:00:38.760 they're not running around 80% of the class

00:00:40.920 getting them all ready

00:00:41.760 because they never were taught how to tie their shoe.

00:00:43.860 It requires that pressure to develop their character.

Dan Martell - October 17, 2024