Jerry Large

Jerry Large tells about the importance of giving kids the opportunity to experience adversity, which will help children build character. He encourages the idea of comforting your children at a very young age, but there is a time to let your children become vulnerable to difficulties. Children should experience failure, "A big part of building character is overcoming failure," says Large. An example of a kids being protected from a stressful environment is the students of Riverdale. "At Riverdale, students weren't always developing the qualities that are honed by facing and overcoming adversity," says Large. He tells about how the students at a middle school in South Bronx live in stressful conditions and experience hardship. These obstacles helped the kids form character; resulting in the top scorers in New York City. The reason this sort of practice is important in raising a child is in the case your child is overwhelmed with stress from a new challenge they won't feel discouraged.