When it comes to kids, parents have to strike a delicate balance between being hands-on and letting go. Mistakes and experiences, both good and bad, inform children’s minds and future behavior, so it’s important to let them learn for themselves sometimes. We so often think about physical health and keeping kids healthy with good vitamins, diets, and exercise. But of course, mental health—mental “strength” in general—is equally crucial.

Dr. Daniel G. Amen, M.D., a psychiatrist and author with well over four million followers on Instagram alone, often takes to social media to discuss parenting, trauma, medication, psychological conditions, and so much more. He takes his many years of research and empirical observation and creates a direct, no-nonsense approach when explaining ideas to his followers.

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Let them solve problems

In a short clip recently shared on Instagram, Dr. Amen addresses how to help ensure, to the best of a parent’s ability, you’re raising “mentally strong kids.” And it’s actually quite simple in theory. He advises, “If you want to raise mentally strong kids, do this: you have to let them solve their own problems.”

He continues, “The more problems you solve for them, the less competent they become. So if you want to raise mentally strong kids, you can’t do too much for them. So when they bring you a problem, your........

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