Parenting Matters Now with Dr. Roger Smith
Oct 5, 2026 · 6 min · 9 segments
In this episode of Parenting Matters Now, Dr. Roger Smith continues his series on raising a modern Renaissance person by emphasizing the importance of practical life skills. Inspired by Popular…
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But I want to talk about one other thing, and that has to do with a broad experience.
And it's been said that whatever you do as a child becomes less fearful of for you as an adult.
So if the first time you've done something, whether it's snow skiing or whether it's driving or any number of things, if you first experienced them as an adult, it's much more fear field.
Whereas if they've given a speech, they've modeled a garment, they've done some sewing, they've done painting, any number of things as a child, it is less daunting as an adult.
So there are ways that we can introduce to our children experiences where they are not competent as a child, but when they have had an exposure to it as a child, they can develop those competencies as an adult with much less fear and much less anxiety.
But I want to talk about one other thing, and that has to do with a broad experience.
And it's been said that whatever you do as a child becomes less fearful of for you as an adult.
So if the first time you've done something, whether it's snow skiing or whether it's driving or any number of things, if you first experienced them as an adult, it's much more fear field.
Whereas if they've given a speech, they've modeled a garment, they've done some sewing, they've done painting, any number of things as a child, it is less daunting as an adult.
So there are ways that we can introduce to our children experiences where they are not competent as a child, but when they have had an exposure to it as a child, they can develop those competencies as an adult with much less fear and much less anxiety.
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