What are difficulties?

A difficulty is like a big bump in the road that makes it harder to get where you're going.

Imagine you’re trying to ride your bike to the park. Everything is fine at first, but then you hit a hill, woah! That hill is like a difficulty because it makes riding your bike feel harder than usual. You have to pedal harder or maybe even walk part of the way up. But once you get past the hill, things go back to normal.

Sometimes, a difficulty can be something you don’t see at first, like when you’re trying to tie your shoes and they just won’t stay tied no matter how hard you try. That’s a bit of a mystery difficulty! It feels frustrating because it’s not obvious what’s going on.

Other times, a difficulty is something that makes you feel slower or weaker, like when you’re trying to run as fast as your big brother but can’t keep up.

But here's the good news: once you figure out how to deal with a difficulty, it doesn't have to stop you from getting where you're going.