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[QUOTE="CL82, post: 2850316, member: 44"]
Not a huge fan of the periodic article saying "hey parents, you are doing it wrong" that seems to reoccurring thing recently.  That said, I sort of agree with it.

Failure is viewed all to frequently viewed as a dirty word these days and some parents seem to go out of their way to avoid acknowledging kids failures.  Failure is life's great teacher.  We all fail.  Then we adjust and go on to succeed.  It takes some falls riding a bike before you get it right.

I've posted a few times on the BY that Scouting, when done well, can fill this role for kids.  Scouting gives kids responsibilities and let's them figure out how to handle them.  Over pack for a hike?  You will be pretty tired.  (The trick here is to expose new backpackers to the process on shorter more manageable hikes, so that the lesson is manageable, not overwhelming.)  Can't get your patrol together for meetings?  How did you reach out to them, just texts?  Okay what else could you try?  If you take away the failure you also take away the satisfaction and self-confidence that comes from having the ability to solve problems.

The idea is to allow failure, without stigma.  After all the surest way to avoid failure is not to try, right?  Innovators fail; creators fail. Failure is just a step on the road to success.

[end old guy sermonizing.]
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