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Creating Independence
Independence is a big buzz in school and parenting circles. I have noticed that parents often feel pressure to prove how independent their children are, even as they hover over them, prompting their actions and ideas, and looking to successful goals achieved, arbitrary milestones reached or tasks managed to demonstrate their child’s independence. But is that independence?