As parents we have hopes that our children don’t make the same mistakes that we did growing up. We want to protect them from learning lessons the hard way. What I think we fail to realize is that mistakes can be instrumental for learning.

Sometimes making mistakes are necessary in order to learn life lessons. Unless the mistake is life threatening, we need to allow them to make their own choices, which will undoubtedly lead to their own mistakes. Some of life’s lessons just have to be learned, you can’t tell teach them.

Think about when you where growing up and your parents issued a warning about a mistake that you were going to make, did you believe it or want to see for yourself?

It hasn’t changed, kids have to learn that falling off a bike is apart of learning to ride, getting hit by a ball is a part of sports, and that sometimes life is just not fair.

We as adults can learn from our children’s willingness to make their own mistakes in order to see for themselves. As adults, we fear making mistakes even little ones…why?

Aren’t we keeping ourselves from the same opportunity to learn? Aren’t we keeping ourselves from taking risks that might lead to an exciting new chapter of life?

Past experiences have helped shape the people we are, so why do we think that we are done learning everything there is to learn from life just because we reach a certain age?

What has your fear of mistakes topped you from learning?

Life is a learning experience, we evolve as people and mistakes are apart of personal growth. Use them as a chance to learn and discover something about yourself.