The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
Jessica Laheyamazon.com
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The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
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As adults, we strive to cultivate the character traits that might have rescued our parents.
Like every parent, I want nothing so much as my children's well-being. I want it so badly I may actually succeed in turning myself into a contented and well-adjusted person, if only for my children's sake. JOYCE MAYNARD
They fear that their children will embarrass them by not succeeding, yet they can’t offer their children the unconditional acceptance that would give them a secure foundation from which to go out and achieve.