If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.
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The biggest lesson I learned from my dad is to support children even if they're doing something that is unorthodox.
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.
For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids.
When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.
When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.
Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one.
You've got to make it a good example for those kids regardless of how much you mess up.
I think I've been an incredible example to my kids of what not to do.
I don't like the idea of things being off-limits to kids - like a fancy sitting room where they can't touch anything. I own vintage pottery cups, and I let my girls hold them. It teaches them to treat objects with respect.
Why do I have to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.