Expert: Shielding Children from Hardship Hinders Their Path to Adulthood

Prof. Mariusz Jędrzejko, a pedagogue and sociologist, warns that parents increasingly try to spare children difficulties, responsibilities and disappointments. He argues this approach can seriously hamper young people's transition to adulthood. According to the expert, easing demands on a 13-year-old paves the way for greater parenting problems in the years that follow.