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Dare to be the adults we want our children to be.

Dare to be the adults we want our children to be.

Brené Brown
Children, Adults, Want
Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.177, Penguin

The question isn't so much "Are you parenting the right way?" as it is: "Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?"

Brené Brown
Children, Growing Up, Way
"Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead". Book by Brené Brown, January 17, 2013.

Raising children who are hopeful and who have the courage to be vulnerable means stepping back and letting them experience disappointment, deal with conflict, learn how to assert themselves, and have the opportunity to fail. If we’re always following our children into the arena, hushing the critics, and assuring their victory, they’ll never learn that they have the ability to dare greatly on their own.

Brené Brown
Children, Disappointment, Mean
Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, andLead”, p.240, Penguin

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

Brené Brown
Children, Stronger, World
"Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead". Book by Brené Brown, September 11, 2012.

We're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children.

Brené Brown
Children, Stressed, Adults

The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time. The mandate is not to be perfect and raise happy children. Perfection doesn't exist, and I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

Brené Brown
Children, Real, Mistake
Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.22, Penguin

Caring about the welfare of children and shaming parents are mutually exclusive endeavors.

Brené Brown
Children, Caring, Parent

I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

Brené Brown
Children, Adults, Courageous
Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.22, Penguin

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

Brené Brown
Children, Disappointment, Tolerance

We cannot give our children what we don’t have.

Brené Brown
Children, Giving, Our Children
Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

Brené Brown
Children, Kindness, Adults

Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?

Brené Brown
Children, Growing Up, Adults
Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.177, Penguin

We cannot give our children what we don't have. Where we are on our journey of living and loving with our whole hearts is a much stronger indicator of parenting success than anything we can learn from how-to books.

Brené Brown
Motivational, Children, Book

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