Mistakes are Proof You Tried

Mistakes are Proof You Tried

Today I was listening to a podcast (of course) - “Good Kids: How Not to Raise an A**hole.”  I wanted to share this podcast with my friends/family that are parents, as well as anyone else, such as myself, who is around kids (my nieces,nephews and friends’ kids) and wants to better interact with, handle kids, etc.  I think there are interesting/good topics and for me anyway, little things that I learn/can do. For example, inone episode a mother was saying how she always makes a point to acknowledge her kids when they are in the room, it was something her mother did that made her feel very seen.  I’m going to now try to do this too. A small, but simple thing I learned I can do.

In the episode I listened to today “How to Raise An Emotionally Intelligent Child,” the host said that her young daughter had said to her “Mistakes are proof you tried,” (which she guessed she must have heard on a show,) and I loved his.  I had never heard this or thought of that before. Thinking about it even more I was also thinking hat “Failure is proof you tried,” is also a good way to look at it/think of it. I will be remembering and telling myself this when I make a mistake or fail, but I think that is great to share with/teach the kids in our life.

For those interested, please check out the podcast and hey, lets teach the kids in our life that it is okay to make mistakes/fail.  Yes, mistakes/failures show we tried, but also mistakes/failures are some of the best ways that we can learn things (unfortunately.)