The Case of the Broken Banana: Building Kids' Resilience
Psychology Today | 19.01.2026 23:52
I call this the “taping the pretzel” trap: Your child flips out when something unexpected happens and demands you undo it, which might mean trying to put a broken pretzel back together, making a new sandwich because you cut it on the wrong diagonal, or walking back up the stairs you had already descended because your child wanted to walk down first.
