Making Mistakes

As I’m sitting at home watching the kids with this coronavirus pandemic, I went to my five-year-old son’s room, he had this startled look in his eyes as he was climbing on the bed. He had a chair on the bed and a pillow on the floor. I asked him what he was up to, he replied, I’m going to jump off the chair that is on the bed and land on the pillow. It will be fun. I thought right now is not the time to go to the emergency room. I explained to him how he could have gotten hurt. He explained tome the pillow is soft, and he won’t get hurt. I had two responses: first,you are too big to try to land on that pillow, and second, that’s if you can even jump off a chair that’s on the bed. My five-year-old son couldn’t understand. I thought, he’d learn faster if I let him try. Maybe he’s just one of those kids that must learn from his own mistakes and does not want to learn from other people’s mistakes.Back to reality, I said, no. Some mistakes are irreversible. He cried ‘cause he worked to set everything up.

Here are two links to better help us understand the pros and cons of letting someone make their own mistakes: www.quora.com and www.elitedaily.com