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HokieMacDaddy
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HokieMacDaddy

failure is a great educator - the role of the parent is to

facilitate experiences where the kid will fail (along with opportunities and encouragement to keep trying) and to prevent incidents where the failure would be catastrophic (and thus no opportunity for learning)
Posted: 07/16/2024 at 12:08 PM ET
(In response to this post by CrystalCoveHokie)

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My granddaughter turned 5 the other day
HokieMacDaddy • 07/16/24 08:48 AM ET
…mind you don’t cut yourself Mordecai**
chumley • 07/16/24 11:45 AM ET
"OLD" must be just off-camera range**
TomTurkey • 07/16/24 02:22 PM ET
🙄**
astrohokie • 07/16/24 11:14 AM ET
A guy I used to work with had adult kids (17 and 18 years old) who...
EDGEMAN • 07/16/24 11:04 AM ET
That's easy... Dinner is at x time and you will eat what's served...or..
Vienna_Hokie • 07/16/24 12:44 PM ET
Yup, that's what we did. Now my grown kids are very adventurous eaters.**
soldcokesatLane • 07/16/24 03:37 PM ET
Growing up, my siblings ate what mom put on the table. The only time we...
EDGEMAN • 07/16/24 01:21 PM ET
Last night I made fried pork chops with potatoes, red cabbage, green beans,
Hokie CPA • 07/16/24 12:36 PM ET
There are otherwise completely healthy and cogent 18 and 19 years olds that
Tuckahokie • 07/16/24 11:23 AM ET
My son didn't get his license
Tafkam Hokie • 07/16/24 03:28 PM ET
Youngest was "driving" at 12. 🤦‍♂️ Oldest after he started college.**
TomTurkey • 07/16/24 06:38 PM ET
I”m 72 & didn’t get a driver”s license until I was 18…
BusLoadaBozos • 07/16/24 01:19 PM ET
I've heard about those types of kids...
EDGEMAN • 07/16/24 12:15 PM ET
Yeah? Will it be soon?
Hokie CPA • 07/16/24 12:39 PM ET
I forged my report card so I could get my license
Vienna_Hokie • 07/16/24 12:47 PM ET
A C in Spanish? How?
Hokie CPA • 07/16/24 12:52 PM ET
My brain was designed to work with numbers...
EDGEMAN • 07/16/24 01:23 PM ET
I could not have thought of anything I cared less about at that time
Vienna_Hokie • 07/16/24 12:55 PM ET
I thought it was an easy A(plus), so I did it. My other grades needed the
Hokie CPA • 07/16/24 01:05 PM ET
I was telling my parents that I wanted to get my learner's permit...
EDGEMAN • 07/16/24 12:40 PM ET
our kids in Iowa got their learners at 14, school license 3 months later
Vienna_Hokie • 07/16/24 12:50 PM ET
Same... passed that test 4 months to the day before my 16th.
Hokie CPA • 07/16/24 12:47 PM ET
I know how you felt.
EDGEMAN • 07/16/24 01:28 PM ET
Spectrum?**
CrystalCoveHokie • 07/16/24 10:52 AM ET
Isn't everyone these days?
HokieMacDaddy • 07/16/24 10:54 AM ET
Perhaps have her evaluated?**
CrystalCoveHokie • 07/16/24 10:55 AM ET
they did - saw a bunch of docs until they got the "diagnosis" they wanted**
HokieMacDaddy • 07/16/24 11:00 AM ET
Sounds like she will be challenging…..
CrystalCoveHokie • 07/16/24 11:10 AM ET
I did that with driving with my son
Vienna_Hokie • 07/16/24 12:37 PM ET
That's funny. Now look at him - bike master. It worked!**
MP4VT2004 • 07/16/24 12:21 PM ET
failure is a great educator - the role of the parent is to ◄
HokieMacDaddy • 07/16/24 12:08 PM ET
Kids can be so different
WestyHokie • 07/16/24 09:27 AM ET
It's not the benchmarks she is or isn't hitting that bothers me
HokieMacDaddy • 07/16/24 09:35 AM ET
My bro in law is like that
WestyHokie • 07/16/24 10:42 AM ET
My wife is a full time swim coach, and she's struggling right now
Happy Dog • 07/16/24 10:35 AM ET
We're way beyond that
HokieMacDaddy • 07/16/24 10:58 AM ET
Sorry to hear that
Happy Dog • 07/16/24 01:20 PM ET
If they are planning to send her to school, that's a problem
Vienna_Hokie • 07/16/24 09:43 AM ET
Oh no, the public schools aren't good enough for her (eye roll)
HokieMacDaddy • 07/16/24 10:24 AM ET
that's a shame, and it's frightening because my wife's best friend ...
Vienna_Hokie • 07/16/24 10:37 AM ET
Yikes. Little guy turned 4 yesterday
hoosnowahokie • 07/16/24 08:55 AM ET
How'd that old commercial go? "I learned it from you Dad!"
vthokieq • 07/16/24 08:51 AM ET
🎶The Cat's in the Cradle**
TomTurkey • 07/16/24 11:18 AM ET
I think it's more a reaction to my parenting style than a mimic of it
HokieMacDaddy • 07/16/24 09:34 AM ET