Embrace flexibility. “Don’t let FOMO (fear of missing out) drive your decisions,” she says. “Remember that there are lots of ways for things to work out.” After nine years of refusing to book summer camps early, she says, she has missed out on programs only once or twice. And she looks on those moments as opportunities. “I think periodic ‘screw-ups’ or disappointments are crucial for kids to experience. Kids need to know that your sole job in life is not to plan and manage every aspect of their life and they also need to feel disappointed and then get to the other side — this is how they will become more resilient human beings who can deal with things in life without completely melting down. There is always a lesson to be learned when something doesn't work out exactly the way you planned it.”