Parenting means raising children to be responsible adults. After all, one day we actually won't be here to take care of them! That's where coaching versus over-doing comes in.
- Coaching means teaching, so that the child learns to do for herself.
- Over-doing means taking over the responsibility instead (homework, chores, etc.).
Coaching is cleaning up alongside a child, to show her how to do it; over-doing is cleaning up for the child instead. Coaching is helping with homework; over-doing is giving all the answers.
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