I’m a big believer in failure.
As parents, we feel this automatic instinct to hide our failures from our kids. And it makes sense why: we’re their role models for everything. Since we are their guardians, the responsibility falls on us to teach them how to handle every situation in the most appropriate way.
So, what happens if we make a mistake in the process — worse yet, what if they SEE us make a mistake? What does that mean for them and their learning process? How will that affect their understanding of what’s right and what’s wrong?
In order to do right by our children, we feel that we need — nay, must — be infallible.
But we’re not — and we’re never going to be. Even though this may be a common expectation that parents have of themselves, that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t put a huge amount of pressure on us. And, ultimately, by pretending to be perfect, we may be doing them a great disservice, too.
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