Making Mistakes: How Getting Things Wrong Can Help Your Child
Posted in Guest Mom, Kidtelligent, Mothers Perspective on April 27th, 2012 by kidtelligent@gmail.com – Be the first to commentWhen I was younger, I loathed making mistakes. I always wanted to do everything perfectly, and fretted over the possibility of making what I would have called a “stupid” mistake on anything from school work, to sports, to social interactions. It took me many years to come to terms with the fact that no matter how much I paid attention to details, no matter how hard I tried, mistakes are a part of life, and they’re bound to happen at some point. It took me even longer to realize that mistakes are tremendous learning opportunities. That’s not to say that I now fully embrace making mistakes to the point of being sloppy, but when I make a mistake, I don’t get worked up about it; instead, I try to find the learning in the error.
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