Seek to Misconstrue + a
Failure: The Blog 
August 2018
- When This Executive Was Fired, He Took Charge
- Obeying The Speed Limit Has Never Been More Fun
- London Black Cabs Helped Uber Grow
- Bette Graham Created A Product To Fix Her Mistakes
- Flamin' Hot Cheetos Had An Interesting Start
July 2018
- Fear This Instead Of Failure
- Re-Releasing Songs Created Success
- A CEO's Purposeful Mistake
- The Tardy Student And The Unsolvable Problem
- Fixing Potholes Through Graffiti
June 2018
- A Surprising Mistake In The Oxford English Dictionary
- US Army Embraces Mistakes
- Blocking A Hymn
- Eddie Shore Was Truly A Tough Guy
- [Video] Elon Musk Didn't "Pivot" He Failed
May 2018
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness Part 2
- Necessity Turned Accessory: Allen Iverson's Sleeve
- This Doctor Has Continued To Fail
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness
- MIT Accidentally Creates New Smelting Process
April 2018
- Johnny Cash Quit Singing Lessons
- Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
- Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
- Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
- Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged
March 2018
The Success of Failing in Parenting
A common adage about having kids is that you WILL make mistakes. One writer, however, believes that a key part of parenting is allowing our children to fail.
Photo © Flickr User Tobyotter
Here’s what Cyndi Sarnoff-Ross writes for
DailyStrength.org:
Sometimes we remind our children of things because it is the quicker alternative to waiting until they get around to it or to returning somewhere to recover a lost item, but that is our own agenda getting in the way. There needs to be natural consequences to our children’s behavior. This is how they learn and this is how they grow.
“Natural consequences” is a soft way of saying that kids need to make their own mistakes. It’s not always easy to tell when parents should step in and when they should let their children get into a little trouble, but childhood is the first place we learn that failure is the secret to success.
Learn more in the book—it’s a great gift for teenagers!
