Comments on: Mistakes & Failures – An Exercise In Happiness http://www.kidscandoanything.com/an-exercise-in-happiness/mistakes-failures-an-exercise-in-happiness/ Character Education Counts Tue, 11 May 2010 11:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Patrick http://www.kidscandoanything.com/an-exercise-in-happiness/mistakes-failures-an-exercise-in-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Patrick Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:33:44 +0000 http://www.kidscandoanything.com/?p=457#comment-196 Bandi, Thanks so much for your great comment on this post. I agree whole-heartedly that we as parents and care givers owe it to our children to show them how WE have learned from our mistakes and become who we have become, and that they will do the same. I wish I was shown as a child how to dispute the negative beliefs I developed about myself through my explanation for my mistakes, and that each failure is a stepping stone to greater happiness, success and achievement of our dreams. Bandi,
Thanks so much for your great comment on this post. I agree whole-heartedly that we as parents and care givers owe it to our children to show them how WE have learned from our mistakes and become who we have become, and that they will do the same. I wish I was shown as a child how to dispute the negative beliefs I developed about myself through my explanation for my mistakes, and that each failure is a stepping stone to greater happiness, success and achievement of our dreams.

]]> By: Brandi http://www.kidscandoanything.com/an-exercise-in-happiness/mistakes-failures-an-exercise-in-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Brandi Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:19:50 +0000 http://www.kidscandoanything.com/?p=457#comment-194 'Children Are What They Learn' and these teaching resources through 'KCDA' seem to be a parent / Teacher's best of tools / product they could invest in, as care givers / mentors to children / adolescents / teens / young adults. Then again, the greatest of teachings isn't 100% fail proof, as we all make mistakes. To 'Unlearn' what we have been taught and 'relearn', while keeping the values and good stuff with us, we have to sift through many 'Mistakes & Failures of the [our] past, coming to grips that we may have a few more yet to experience. After all ~ we are a product of our beginnings as a child and would not be who we are in life, without what we have been through and progressing to. Our legacy to the next generation is our experience. What they choose to do with that gift, is their choice. Knowing the youth of this world are our 'Next Generation' ~ 'Future Leaders', we better be leading them down the right paths and not repeating 'Our Mistakes', that has put the world in such turmoil / trials & tribulations. Daniel Goleman's best selling book, Emotional Intelligence, showed me another 'Add to my personal library of wonderful references to truth of in-depth research', in the near future. ‘Children Are What They Learn’ and these teaching resources through ‘KCDA’ seem to be a parent / Teacher’s best of tools / product they could invest in, as care givers / mentors to children / adolescents / teens / young adults. Then again, the greatest of teachings isn’t 100% fail proof, as we all make mistakes.

To ‘Unlearn’ what we have been taught and ‘relearn’, while keeping the values and good stuff with us, we have to sift through many ‘Mistakes & Failures of the [our] past, coming to grips that we may have a few more yet to experience. After all ~ we are a product of our beginnings as a child and would not be who we are in life, without what we have been through and progressing to. Our legacy to the next generation is our experience. What they choose to do with that gift, is their choice.

Knowing the youth of this world are our ‘Next Generation’ ~ ‘Future Leaders’, we better be leading them down the right paths and not repeating ‘Our Mistakes’, that has put the world in such turmoil / trials & tribulations.

Daniel Goleman’s best selling book, Emotional Intelligence, showed me another ‘Add to my personal library of wonderful references to truth of in-depth research’, in the near future.

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