Persistence in the First Plane
We may hope for a peaceful future for our children, that they are successful and supported throughout their lives. We may want to protect them from every struggle, to keep them from feeling too sad, to shield them from disappointment. But despite our best intentions, our children will feel sadness. They will have times when things don't go their way, when the world treats them unfairly, when they are excluded, when they fail. If we focus our parenting on averting sadness, we,