Failing As Parents Can Be Our Greatest Triumph and Other Advice From A Psychologist

Over the years I have offered countless lectures, workshops and seminars for parents on the wonders and woes of childrearing.  Invariably, during the Q&A, I will be asked,“If you could leave us with just one piece of advice, the most important takeaway from your presentation, what would it be?”

I used to bristle a bit upon hearing this question. How was I supposed to be able to condense everything that I had so earnestly conveyed into a simple tip or maxim?

Yet over time I began to see the va...