Is Failure a Tool for Growth?

07-May-24 18:00

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STEM Educator, Kenneth Chai recently went viral on X for sharing how he had knowlingly let his child forget his assignment at home to teach him a lesson about consequences. This prompted a heated debate which got the whole online world invested. So we opened up the conversation with our listeners: Should we allow our children to make mistakes to learn from them, or is there more to consider?

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Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharaad Kuttan

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Categories: Family/Parenting

Tags: children, mistakes, parenting,

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