He’s 6 years old and I’m worried I’m not raising him properly. I don’t know how to make him tougher/resilient. He gets upset over things and I sympathise with him but I don’t feel that’s the correct way. I’m very soft and my eldest (DD) is very strong minded so I don’t have to worry about her. How can you teach a little boy to be more resilient? Just example from today: neighbourhood kids playing and another told him he’s not allowed in her garden, he comes home crying and I take him back and encourage him to get involved and ask my DD to include him in their games. What should I be doing? The child in question comes over our garden daily. I know they’re kids but as a mother what do I do? Let them figure it out or help him?
I’ve tried role play in the past to help him with a boy at school who bosses him around. I gave him a few lines to say such as “thank you but I don’t want to do that right now”