Let them fail.

Have you read, “Let them” by Mel Robbins? It’s so good. There are so many ways that this principle can apply to parenting. One that hit me today was: Let them fail. Letting others fail, letting yourself fail, etc.

So, think about it as a parent: “is there something that you really need your kid to learn how to do?’ If so figure out a way to help them learn it by failing while they’re at home and not allowing it to be a failure out in the big cold terrible world.

So here’s an example: We know that our kids need to learn better how to wake up cause I always wake them up, so in the summer my husband will say, “hey, we’re gonna go golfing in the morning— wake yourself up.” And if they wake up they get to go golfing—something they love to do. And if you don’t wake up, you miss it. That failure hurts them in a safe, low-stakes kind of way that can have a big impact. What can you let your kids fail at today?