Best mistake & parent Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I'm not a bad parent and partner, even if I make a thousand mistakes.”

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“I am a responsible parent and have always provided for my children. That fact cannot be disputed. I have made mistakes in my life, but failing to care for my children is not one of them.”

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Author:Jamal Lewis

“Parents are not the all-knowing, ideal people we would like you to think we are. We've made wrong choices before, and will again, like everyone else, .. But our mistakes are not the measure of our love for you. You are that measure, and how well you are prepared to make better choices than we have made.”

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Book:Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember

Source: Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember

“Have compassion for your humanity and your flaws. You're human and you're going to make mistakes. Look at yourself through the eyes of a loving parent.”

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Book:Solemate

Source: Solemate

“The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.”

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Book:Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Source: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

“Obviously, you want to teach your child between right and wrong, respect and being kind to others, whether it's their sisters or parents. You try to teach them by example, talk to them and explain certain situations. But there's also a time to put them in time out or let them know they've made a mistake and try to learn from it.”

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Author:Eli Manning

“It seems to me that the most fundamental mistake most parents make with children is to expect them to be grateful. Children are never grateful. ... The 'sacrifices' you made were not for them, they were for you.”

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Book:With Powder on My Nose

Source: With Powder on My Nose

“No more excuses. I can't blame anything on my parents. I'm responsible for my mistakes and my choices.”

I Can Choices Parent Mistake Responsible Blame Excuse My Mistakes

Author:Brad Pitt

“It's a mistake to just go make a movie where the whole thing is talking down to the kids like, "Ok, we gotta bring the IQ of this movie down because it's a kids movie" You don't have to do that, kids can laugh and parents can laugh at different parts and that's fun, and you see that with all of the great kids movies.”

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Author:Jack Black

“I think it's helpful for kids to know that their parents weren't perfect, that they messed up and learned from their mistakes. So be open about some of your own struggles or express gratitude that your kids are taking advantage of the opportunities they have instead of squandering many of them, the way you did.”

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Author:Emily Yoffe

“I thought when I... made my first big mistakes in public that that was really going to be the end of me. My parents cried. My friends were desperate.”

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Author:Sharon Stone

“The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.”

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Book:Leaving the Surface

Source: Leaving the Surface

“No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.”

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Author:Billy Graham

“The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that, at the moment, don't seem like a big deal.”

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Author:Andy Andrews

“Serving and helping are great things, but we can go too far. Managers should not adopt poor performers. Colleagues should not cover for each other's mistakes. Parents should not enable their children.”

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Author:John G. Miller

“As a parent, all you want is for your kids to be safe but you don’t want to be over-protective and so you know that at some stage, they’re going to make their own mistakes and get hurt emotionally when all you want to do is protect them from that.”

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Author:Steve Carell

“It's so hard [to be parent] and no matter how old you get and how experienced you get you're always scared you're going to screw it up and you're going to make a mistake.”

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Author:Pat Benatar

“My parents told me they knew they made lots of mistakes raising us, but that they did their best. Most parents will say something like that at some point, and they are usually right. But I think children also do their best while being raised. Finding family "happiness" is a fine balancing act.”

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Author:Torill Kove

“With grown children, we can look back at both our mistakes and what we did well in our parenting, having conversations with a greater degree of honesty than was possible before. In getting older themselves, our adult children may begin to comprehend the burdens and strengths we carried from our own parents.”

Wells Looks May Children Parent Mistake Greater Honesty Conversation Degrees Adults Burden Getting Old Getting Older Adult Children Grown Children

Author:Wendy Lustbader

“Many parents make the mistake of giving love and approval to their children only when their children do something that they want them to do.”

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Book:Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills that Will Unlock Your Hidden

Source: Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills that Will Unlock Your Hidden

“As much as we teach our kids, the process teaches us. If we're being diligent, we're learning from our strengths as parents, but also from the mistakes that we make.”

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Author:Jeffrey Wright

“The mistakes that I made I made because I drank too much. I don't think that's going to happen any more. Am I going to make mistakes as a parent? Sadly, every day. I'm looking around for the perfect parent and I haven't seen one yet.”

Thinking Made Happens Parent Perfect Mistake Too Much Havens Making Mistakes Drank Perfect Parents

Author:Paula Poundstone

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