The Critical Importance of Failure

Ugh. I hate it. It's awful when our children fail and I hate it. I want to spare them the pain, the shame, the discouragement. I want to protect them and keep them safe. Always. Why not?

Because it's a fallen world and they're not perfect and they will fail. How much better to fall down when you have your parents around you to pick you up? When the failures are fixable? When it's $50 or $100 and not thousands?

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