The Purist interviewed Aliza Pressman, PhD, Co-Founder of seedlings group and Co-Founding Director of the Mount Sinai Parenting Center. She believes instilling a sense of thankfulness in children makes them happier people.
“Part of that is that we have a hard time sitting with our children’s distress—yet in creating a perfect, smooth-sailing environment, we often rob them of the experience of actually appreciating what they have been given.”