Capability
Raising Capable Kids in an Incapable Age
An Analog Approach to Screen-Free Parenting, Independent Play, and Raising Resilient Kids
The foundational book behind the entire Capable Kids framework.
Problem-SolvingResourcefulnessIndependence
The Lost Art of Figuring It Out
A practical guide to helping children assess situations, test ideas, make mistakes, and find their own solutions without immediate direction.
Children need opportunities to assess a situation, test ideas, make mistakes, and find solutions without immediate adult direction — a skill that's easy to lose when every answer is a search or a question away from being solved for them.
The Lost Art of Figuring It Out gives parents practical ways to create more of these moments on purpose, at home, in age-appropriate ways.
The goal isn't to withhold help. It's to make room for the process children need in order to become resourceful.
This Book Will Help Parents
- Understand why constant answers can crowd out real problem-solving skill
- Get practical ways to create low-stakes problem-solving opportunities at home
- Learn how to coach without directing
- See how resourcefulness compounds into confidence over time
- Build a household habit of 'try it first' before asking for help
Ideal Reader
Parents whose kids ask for help or an answer before attempting anything themselves.
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Independence
Step Back So They Can Step Up
What parents unintentionally take away when they do too much.
Productive Struggle
Let Them Struggle
Not every frustration needs an adult to fix it.