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Subject The Fine Line Between Pushing & Pressuring Your Kids
Date September 23, 2025 9:36 PM
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How To Push Your Kids To Be Their Best Without Pressuring Them ([link removed])

“It’s a popular piece of advice: You have to get out of your comfort zone to grow. You have to try hard things, you have to push yourself, you have to work really hard to be the best version of you that you can be.

But with this narrative, it feels like there's a very thin line between growth and causing unnecessary pressure and stress, especially on our kids. Whether it’s learning to ride a bike without training wheels or wanting your kid to study more for an upcoming test, parents often feel stuck between wanting to push their child to be and do their best and not wanting to be another loud voice in their kid’s ears, stressing them out and pushing them over the edge,” writes Samantha Darby today. So what’s a parent to do? She asked the experts for some sage advice.
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