should we let an individual learn from their own mistakes or protect them from making mistakes?
116631
You cannot learn from other peoples mistakes, most unfotunately. A lot of people don't even learn from their own mistakes. or how would you explain some women/men always falling for the same type (e.g. cheating abusive etc.) be a friemnd tell them abotu your experience in a similar situation, give them advice and be there as a firend when they fail...
411337
People make mistakes all the time.  It's not the end of the world to make mistakes, and mistakes don't define who we are.\n\nIt's what we do after we make a mistake that defines us.\n\nIf you are in an accident because you were speeding (not intending to put anyone in danger, just having fun) and you hurt someone else in the process, would it be okay to say, "Well, I did it, but it's just too bad for the other person involved.  Dealing with this is inconvenient to me and I'm not going to do it."\n\nEven if that were legal, it wouldn't be a good way of dealing with it.  It's irresponsible and insensitive to the other person.\n\nConsider the same situation where the driver instead says, "Wow, I didn't mean to do this and I'm sorrowful over it.  But it's my mistake and I take full responsibility for it." and that person either cares for the injured party (raises the baby) or makes sure that the person gets the care they need (puts the baby up for adoption).\n\nWhich person would you rather be?  Which person would you rather deal with in a crisis?\n\nMistakes are not fatal.  How we deal with mistakes both builds and reveals our characters.
215513
people do make mistakes you know. It probably WAS human error. the kid is fine, nothing happened to him just drop it! If you did the same thing and nothing happened to the kid, nobody whould have done anything to you...
749121
Find out the cause of the accident, whether it can be solved,  and avoid repetation of the cause.The school at large should also be informed on how to avoid the cause and all shall be well."A mistake twice done is a real mistake".
229248
Practice makes perfect.  You need to keep on talking.  You are realizing your mistakes by hearing them, so I would say keep on talking.  It will get better.
997625
Nothing at all--a lot of people seem to think that it's everyone else's responsibility to protect them and their kids from what they should be doing themselves.  I have a whole family of teachers--their biggest complaint is that parents drop off their kids at school, and some actually tell them, "OK, he's your problem now."  If THEY can't instill values into their own kids, why should they expect others to?
661756
I personally believe one should experience the lesson his/herself.  It's the best way to learn, and the only way to really know what you're suppose to gain.
345720
Isn't it better to blame God than to take responsibility for your own actions?
1175555
I think children should be taught that learning is something we do throughout life, not just to get through school.  They should be taught that a job well done is its own reward.  They need to learn to be self-motivated, independent thinkers.\n\nAs a parent, I try to instill these ideas in my children.  The best teachers are those that, whatever the subject matter, stress discovery, learning and responsibility.\n\nThanks for the work you do!
90376
I would not change anything, even a bit. I know I have made too many mistakes but those mistakes have been great teachers to me. Those mistakes have made what I am now. But if I still have to choose (regarding to your question) I would have chosen to make those mistakes a lot earlier so I would have been successful a lot earlier too, than now. Have a nice day!
265759
It would be nice to know the future, yes.  I'd correct mistakes before they happen.  There are a lot of things that I know know that I wish I would've known when I was younger, too.
591105
Everybody makes mistake. they say practice makes perfect, but then no one is perfect. let it be an adult or a child. the only difference is that parents must be, have to be understanding towards the mistake made by their child. Making mistake and learning from mistake is all part of life. parents don't need to be harsh on children infact they should talk to them freely.Children knows that parent are the first teacher then they should also know that parents are their best freinds and will always be their in their life.
948719
I think the most careless mistake a person can make is if they know something is bad for them or can have bad consequences and they still do it.  That pretty much defines carelessness to me: lacking caring.  I don't think that careless mistakes are as bad, if we're judging, because mistakes are never intentional.  But careless decisions mean the person had choices and deliberately chose the more wreckless route.\n\nMy sister wrecklessly went into her marriage because she feared being alone.  I have wrecklessly accepted jobs because I was afraid another offer wouldn't come along soon enough.  And most of us have known our drinking limits yet still have that extra drink that will make us drunk.  I'd love to say 'the decision to smoke' but I think when most young people take it up, they don't do it carelessly, they do it because they care about what other people think.  But when adults take up smoking or drugs knowing the consequences, that is careless about themselves and the people around them.\n\nThe punishment for some of these decisions is living with the pain of the wrong decision and general unhappiness.  Some of the others that physically harm others should be punished but it depends on the type of harm.  Ditto though for emotional harm since I think that aspect is overlooked a lot.
1062799
It's going to be tough to convince him...you might have to let him go down this path so he can learn from his mistakes
829956
Everyone makes mistakes.  Some people make the same mistakes over and over again, and some learn valuable life lessons from their errors so they become better people for it.  Some people let their past failures consume them and they won't take any chances in life for fear of making another mistake, others keep trying and don't continue to beat themselves up over past screw-ups.  BOTTOM LINE:  Take what you learn in life and apply it; and don't let fear of what might happen stop you from trying something new or taking a risk.
155021
Manager are not expected to make mistakes but as you all know that humans make mistakes.  Yes they can make mistakes but not expected to make them because of their experience in that professional field you should leave no room for mistakes.  It is bad business and doen't set a good model for your co-worker's or employee's to think that is ok but it does happen the outcome can be at a loss of monies.
70165
Assumstions, the biggest mistakes we all could ever make. Assuming anything about anybody or any situation is all in our mind. \nIn this situation, deep inside us even if we accept it or no but the real reason about that worry is we want that same friend to worry about us, we want that friend to care about us the same way we care about her/him. Actually we worry or let us mind wander is only because we all want to be cared, to be remembered, to be missed, to be of a great value to our friends...\n(I dont know if I am able to express, may be its more confusing, lets think on it, may be it may lead us to a better understanding of relationships and our own inner self)