Embracing Mistakes
I love my kids with all my heart. There is literally nothing that I would not do for them. Rarely do you meet parents who feel otherwise. We want what is best for them. We always want to be there for them. If we could give them a gift that would almost ensure success, wouldn’t we do it? Mistakes. We all make them. We all dread them. We have all suffered consequences for them. As parents, we have all watched our children make them. Our responses vary: · We become frustrated with our children and lecture (sometimes rather boldly) on how their decision was a terrible one. · We attempt to come to their rescue. They mess up and it becomes our responsibility to fix. We maneuver and manipulate to relieve our children from feeling pain or consequences in the name of “loving” our children. · We issue swift consequences in hopes to prevent another mistake. · ...