Raising Children August 25, 2019 1 min read

Prepare your children for the worst and they will never fear the future

Prepare your children for the worst and they will never fear the future.

Every few days I do an exercise with my son. I ask him “what’s the worst thing that could happen?” We spend some time thinking about sobering and serious thoughts, potential tragedies that could befall us.

Then I ask him “And what would you do about it?” He answers with his ideas, or says “I don’t know.” In the follow up questions I ask “and then what?” or “what’s next?”.

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