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Teach Your Child Inner Strength by Letting Them Fail

Let Your Kids Fail To Teach Inner Strength

Every hero today, every single one has that moment where they have failed. In fact, success cannot be garnered without a few stumbling blocks. Read any inspirational book, look at any movie, or ask any person that is successful in life about whether or not they have ever failed. You’re going to be surprised by what they tell you. Kids today are pushed towards greatness, told they are to succeed, and in some circles are coddled when they stumble. When they aren’t the premier athlete on day one, or when their school work becomes too much, parents look at trying to save the day and make sure that they never taste that bitter defeat, even for a second. It’s bad. It’s imperative that you let your kids fail, as that will teach them so much more than winning all the time. 

Learning From Falls

The first major thing that you have to consider in regards to failing is that it teaches. Experience is the greatest teacher, especially when things don’t go so well. The old adage of putting hands on a stove is a prime example. One puts their hand on a hot stove once, and then never does that again. The reason? It burns. That learning process is severe, painful, and definitely not something that you want to experience, but it’s a great educator. That’s the same for life. Sometimes children need to feel the sting of defeat, so that they can taste how great glory can become. 

No One Is Great on Day One 

Take a look at the greatest people in any sport. Anyone that is at the top of their proverbial field, and then consider how long it took them to get there. Children should be taught this. When they look at icons like Lebron James, consider their failures. For every championship ring, there’s hundreds of hours of practice, hundreds of missed shots, and even injuries. There is no great individual in the world, past, present, or future that will be great on their first day of doing anything. Chances are, they are going to fall short often. The difference here, however, is that they get up time and time again. 

The next time your kids run into a wall, or even fail, remember to tell them that it’s not the end. It’s just time to get up, and try again. It’s in standing up, going forward, and overcoming falls, that one becomes great. The more you can reinforce that in the life of your child, the greater inner strength they will have.