Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Mistakes and Disappointments are the Big Teachable Moments



How do people learn?  Do we learn by being told or do we learn by doing?  We learn by doing, making our own decisions and living with the consequences of our own decisions.  Sometimes our decisions are good ones and sometimes they are not so good but that is how we know what to do the next time.  We don’t want to “set up” our child for mistakes and disappointments but we can not protect them and shelter them either.  Life is full of teachable moments.  Many of our teachable moments are mistakes and disappointments.

 
Mary Bartusek, Parent Educator

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