Do what I say, not what I do.

How do you handle situations where you're not modeling the best behavior? When the parent makes a mistake, but that doesn't make it okay for the child to make a mistake.Take a low stakes scenario, for example. It's the dead of winter. Kid doesn't want to wear thick pants. Daddy is in shorts, why can't the kid be? "Daddy is 37 and will wear whatever the fuck he wants" is perhaps not the most constructive of answers.That's a low stakes example, but you can imagine others. There's any number of mistakes a parent can make in their life which they're prefer their child not make, too. How do you explain to your kids that even though mommy and daddy know what's best for them, they don't always embody those ideals? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/318CRPP