The single most dangerous practice of the past 40 years has been helping your child so they do not have to learn to overcome challenges and do work for themselves.

Children at all ages should have to do things for themselves. From learning to pull themselves up on furniture to learn to stand without your help. To picking themselve up off the ground when they fall as toddlers. To starting to do chores around the house correctly, and without help when they reach the 3rd grade. To being made to do their homework before they go out to play. To being held accountable for their actions from the time they are toddlers (allowing that a 30 second time out is plenty of accountability for a toddler).