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When parents protect a child from a slightest pain (i.e. immediately comforting a child who tripped on a rock), child grows up without having an idea about what discomfort feels like and will have no experience of recovering on its own from discomfort when it feels it later in life. If kids don't experience painful feelings, they don't develop 'psychological immunity'. It is similar to the way our body's immune system develops - only by getting exposed to pathogens. [1] Overprotective parents are huge impediment to child's happiness.