We are living in a world of convenience.

And to be clear, I enjoy a lot of this.

I definitely benefit from it.

I love the fact that I can just pull up my phone,

tap something, and it gets delivered the next day,

or maybe it gets delivered in an hour or two.

And at the same time, I think a lot of us are noticing a trend with kids.

It's like my kid doesn't know how to wait.

It's like patience doesn't exist anymore. I would have never reacted like that with my

parent. If my parent was talking to a friend, I would never have interrupted them.

Let's put these things together. We're living in a world of convenience, of one tap, instant gratification.

Our kids are living in that world too.

Waiting, being patient, wanting something, and not having something,

it actually isn't as built into our children's lives in 2025 as it was when we were growing up.

But at the same time, we all want our kids to become resilient, not entitled. We want them to

cope with hard things. We want them to know you have to put an effort for a long time before you get the results you're looking for.

So how do we help our kid build resilience in a world of convenience, ease, and instant gratification?

That's what we're going to be talking about today.

And let me tell you, it's going to be a good one.

I'm Dr. Becky, and this is good

inside. We'll be back right after this. My kid recently recruited me into helping them build

the loopiest hot wheels track ever. The plan? Dozens of tracks, three repurpose couch pillows, zero engineering

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