Higher fitness standards will prepare soldiers for real-world problems

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Higher fitness standards will prepare soldiers for real-world problems

There is a concept called “bulldozer parenting” that refers to parents who knock down every obstacle for their children before they get a chance to struggle. While this is meant to protect their children from short-term harm, psychology lecturer Rachael Sharman observed it “ultimately results in a psychologically fragile child, fearful and avoidant of failure, with never-learned coping strategies and poor resilience.”These same good intentions c…