Parents often feel pain around delivering the NO answer to a child. It is our job for our children to know limits. If you want your children to be able to accept NO with grace as adults, let them practice by hearing no from you now.
“Parenting has nothing to do with perfection. Perfection isn’t even the goal, not for us, not for our children. Learning together to live well in an imperfect world, loving each other despite or even