20 Life Experiences Every Child Should Have - Intellectual Takeout

... more alarming is the disappearance of fundamental life disappointments, such as being excluded from a group or being bullied, which were once the childhood training ground for adulthood. - Annie Holmquist

• Such interference, she notes, fails to prepare them for the real world, where they are sure to meet with multiple struggles and setbacks.

Quoting psychologist Michael Anderson and pediatrician Tim Johanson, Lythcott-Haims presents the following list of 20 experiences every child should encounter at some point:

• Not being invited to a birthday party
• Experiencing the death of a pet
• Breaking a valuable vase
• Working hard on a paper and still getting a poor grade
• Having a car break down away from home
• Seeing the tree he planted die
• Being told that a class or camp is full
• Getting detention...