Michelle Obama is now offering parenting advice, lamenting that too many parents are “trying to hold on to their kids” for too long.
Obama made the remarks during a recent episode of her IMO podcast, which has been struggling to build a firm audience following its launch in March.
During the episode, Obama concluded that a lot of parents are “trying to live their kids’ lives for them so that they don’t make any mistakes and don’t feel any sense of failure, which keeps them from learning,” essentially cautioning against over-parenting.
“It’s like, you know what, I raised you all to have some sense, to have judgment. And at some point, you’ve got to practice that, which means that I’ve got to let go,”
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