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If we run in and say, oh, he squirted you in the face, and I'm so sorry that happened,

and what can we do so that will never happen again?

Then Walter's never going to have any fun,

and none of the boys are going to want to hang out with him.

What else are you supposed to do with squirt guns, squirted in the sink?

Welcome to how to. I'm Charles Duhigg. are you supposed to do with squirt guns squirted in the sink?

Welcome to how to. I'm Charles Deweig. Each week, we talk to listeners who are trying to figure out how to solve one of life's problems, like how to survive a pandemic or how to decide to have a

baby. And then we do some research and we track down an expert, and we get their advice to see if it helps.

This week, we're talking to some parents who've already decided to have a kid, and in fact, he's five years old.

But they want to know more about how to raise him right.

You want to say hi, Walter?

Louder.

Hi.

Walter is a little shy, and he's just starting kindergarten.

He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his parents, Bob and Jill,

and they're grappling with a question that a lot of parents spend hours agonizing over.

How do we raise kids to be resilient?

Is there a right way to stress Walter to to let him struggle and fail, so that

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