The 'unpopular' parenting rule I always used on my kids–Esther Wojcicki

"There were many unpopular parenting rules I followed as a young mother. But my No. 1 was: Don’t do anything for your kids that they can do for themselves."

This is literally my #1 rule and it's so blindingly obvious I don't understand why it isn't just common knowledge.

It's also not unpopular at all in my experience, especially with kids that grow up on farms and ranches (we're basically rural) where you have to go do hard physical labor regularly just to survive

Funny that this is being presented as "unpopular." It's very common advice from child behavioral therapists. What kids want is freedom; but what they need is responsibility.

Every parent to be should read and adapt this approach