It happens to every parent. The details change, but the experience is the same. No matter how prepared you think you are. No matter how many children you have or how long you have been a parent. It’s inevitable. You are going to make parenting mistakes.
Sometimes they are relatively minor, like forgetting to put a bottle of water in their school lunch. Sometimes it’s taking the wrong person’s advice, like the time I listened to our daughter’s doctor and didn’t get her a flu shot (not a fun winter). Or maybe you are at the end of your rope and were harsh in your words or actions. Or you think you are doing what’s right, but the results are starting to emerge as less than stellar in the life of your child.
Parenting mistakes can destroy your relationship with your kids – or not. Often, it’s not the mistake that causes the damage to the relationship, but how it’s handled once discovered. You can recover and even correct many parenting mistakes if you do these three things as quickly as possible.
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How many times has your child begged for a special gift only to later break or lose it from carelessness? How many times a day do you have to remind your kids to do something you asked them to do or even complete regular chores? How many times have your kids promised to do something and then didn’t keep their promise?