I like controlled burns as an analogy, too. The US economy needed more controlled burns and small "fires" - eg restricting spending back a long time ago when t

I like controlled burns as an analogy, too. The US economy needed more controlled burns and small "fires" - eg restricting spending back a long time ago when that could've been done without major consequences, unlike now. Similarly, as a parent, allowing your child to experience small failures so that they are less at risk of big failures. Small failures that don't cause ruin = increased strength. Reminds me of the antifragility concepts.