Failure is painful for this generation of kids -- and for their parents , Wendy Sachs says . Silicon Valley experiences show that there are positives to learning how to fail . We are the generation of drone parents hovering above and swaddling our kids in bubble wrap so they do n't get hurt when they fall . Why fail ? ` ` grow up and move on -- that 's what I tell my fellow parents , '' Sachs says .
Failure is painful for this generation of kids -- and for their parents , Wendy Sachs says . Silicon Valley experiences show that there are positives to learning how to fail . Why fail ? ` ` grow up and move on -- that 's what I tell my fellow parents , '' Sachs says .