The secret to parenting is not to raise perfect kids that don’t make mistakes. Our goal as parents is to teach our kids how to recognize when they make a mistake and not to freeze continuing to make the same mistake. We need to show them how to resolve, pivot and reset themselves on the right path.
We need to teach them that messing up is a part of life. To error is to be human. Figuring out how to respond to our mess-ups is what is going to define them.