I recently told my kids: I love you because of who you are. I am proud of you because of what you do.

Essentially, I want them to understand that, no matter what they do, I will love them.My dad used to tell me things like this all the time. The problem was, these little nuggets of wisdom often had pitfalls in their logic. For example: "Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something." Essentially, "you can do anything you put your mind to", but with an obvious pitfall or two.Or "Quitters never win. Winners never quit." The logical pitfall here is, sometimes, you have to quit in order to succeed and so on.I don't know if this will stick into my kids heads the way my own father's words stuck into mine, but I don't want these particular words to serve any purpose other than edifying, encouraging and building them up.Two questions:What are the pitfalls that you can see from my little nugget?What are some parable/nuggets/sayings you've been told or told your kids with positive or negative outcomes? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2wHSNNl