Learn to let your children make mistakes

What parent doesn't want to protect their children, to see them safe, healthy and happy? Such concerns are part of their DNA, inherited from their ancestors and their dangerous world.

While today’s children don’t need protection from saber-toothed tigers, there are still numerous ways for children to make mistakes. Parents need to realize that some mistakes are “good mistakes,” errors in decision making that may result in the wrong outcomes but that can be valuable learning experiences for children.

Parents always have a responsibility to try and keep truly dire, life-threatening consequences...