Awesome advice. I love your post and totally agree with you.

When my daughter was a couple of years old, and I was still working, I had to get her up and to the kindergarden. She was sleepy and didn't want to get dressed, so I asked her what she wanted to wear... A blanket, was her reply. But no, I didn't allow her to get back to bed.

I had a huge mental fight with my son when he was five or so. We were on a ferry sitting next to the toilet, and he wanted me to go with him out there. I refused. He ended up by going himself and was proud when he came back. Today, he's an office manager with 130 employees under him, completely self-reliant. That makes me proud.