Learning Points: Hey, helicopter parents! Stop shielding your kids - you're not doing them any favours 

"As parents, we are hoping to launch healthy and happy children off into the world so that they can be productive, highly functioning and healthy. What did 2020 teach us about our children?"

Twin Girls Using a Computer --- Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis

As we come to the end of a very challenging year, what will be the take away lessons from 2020? For the majority of us, the year cannot end soon enough. 2021 arrives with the hope of the vaccine and the end of lockdown. But it is always important to reflect on the year just passed, especially after living through a global health crisis. 

We should look back with pride. We managed to keep everything going during a pandemic. 2020 challenged us in ways we never imagined. We had to reimagine our workspace and for many of us, manage home-schooling our children while navigating our close relationships. Not an easy task. But, we managed it. We didn’t collapse under it.