Do you think that you are too hard on your children?

SPC Margaret Higgins — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 13:36:04 -0400

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Sep 12 at 2015 1:53 PM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 13:53:55 -0400

Part of my duties as a parent are to prep him for adversity. There are going to be challenges. I'm not going to be there. I need to give him the tools he needs to overcome those challenges. Coddling him isn't going to help him build the "callouses" he needs for that.

Sometimes I'm too tough, sometimes I'm not tough enough. It's a balance.

Response by CSM Carl Cunningham made Sep 12 at 2015 2:32 PM

CSM Carl Cunningham — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 14:32:44 -0400

Never. I am training them for real life. Not everyone gets a trophy. They need to learn to suck it up a little.

Response by SGT Scott Bell made Sep 12 at 2015 2:54 PM

SGT Scott Bell — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 14:54:08 -0400