You need to clean up your room.
I can’t. It’s just impossible.
Can you read this book to your brother?
I can’t. It’s just impossible.
Can you put your dishes in the sink?
I can’t It’s just impossible.
When you are young, the simplest tasks seem impossible. As a parent, it is my job and privilege to teach my children that a lot more than they thought is possible with some hard work and the right attitude. Notice I didn’t say EVERYTHING. No. As much as I would like to say EVERYTHING is possible, that would be setting my child up for a failure I don’t want to witness. So the other part of my job is to teach my child that failure is okay. It is how we learn and grow. It is what makes the next impossible just a step closer to becoming possible. And a lot of failure can lead to your proudest successes.
Karyn In The Kitchen 
So very true!! 🙂 Yes!! Failure is possible and pushing through despite failure is possible as well!! 🙂
LikeLike
I read a great book called The Gift of Failure. It made me think of how failure actually gives kids a sense of autonomy and control. It let’s the child develop the agency to know they can do it. I like how you summed it up, “It is what makes the next impossible just a step closer to becoming possible.”
LikeLike
Thank you so much for reading. And I’ll be ordering that book from my local book shop!
LikeLike
Thanks for sharing. I liked the bit about not _everything_ is possible.
LikeLike
Thank you fo reading.
LikeLike
This is soooooo true. We want to fill our children with hope and confidence for the future, but not everything is possible for them. By teaching them to go step by step and think things through–in tandem with the Truth of the Word–we train them to build on what they experience, successes and failures. It makes for a much more grounded person AND a greater blessing for the Kingdom!
LikeLike
It’s so very true. It’s a hard lesson to teach our children. But it is so valuable.
LikeLike
This is wonderful! What you are teaching them now is going to completely shape who they become as adults. The possibilities are endless! Thank you for sharing this! I love Five Minute Fridays!
LikeLike
I sure hope it makes them realize that sometimes trying something impossible it better than achieving something that it easy.
Also—FMF are one of my favorite ways to write. Let’s set a goal of 1 FMF a month in non-slice months. 😬
LikeLiked by 1 person
YES! I think I can make that commitment!
LikeLike
We do know our children, amen?
LikeLike
Amen.
Thank you for reading.
LikeLike
I totally agree, but I’m also surprised by the number of things that are legitimately impossiible that become possible. Either with time, practice, growth, or God’s intervention. That’s why failure is so important…. because we don’t know what’s possible until we try.
Amie, FMF #30
LikeLike
So very true.
LikeLike
I love your thoughts and reflections on parenting. It is one TOUGH job and it sounds like you do it with ease. Bravo!
LikeLike
This is it right here “that a lot more than they thought is possible with some hard work and the right attitude. ” And this is what is so hard too. Parenting is so hard!
LikeLike
Failure is the stepping-stone
that we truly need,
for it is by mistakes alone
that we learn how to succeed.
And failure, too, is warning,
that we may not love,
but better that than burning
hand again on stove.
So bring on all the stumbles,
bring on each defeat,
that while they may cause grumbles
help the heart to meet
that day when we pass the test,
and SnOoPyDaNcInG, we shout, “Yesssss!”
LikeLike
I don’t think I have run across the five minute Friday format before, and it is intriguing. Moreso is the reminder about what is possible and what it takes to achieve it! It’s also nice to know that I am not the only mom who is regularly told that normal, required aspects of life are “impossible.”
LikeLike
My cousin first introduced me to it. Their website is linked below. They toss out. Word each week and you write for 5 minutes not worrying about cleaning it up or anything. It’s a nice way to end the week.
https://fiveminutefriday.com/linkup/
LikeLiked by 1 person
That is really neat! Thanks for sharing it!
LikeLiked by 1 person