"One of the best pieces of advice that my dad has given me is this: 'You can’t parent perfectly; your only measure of success is your children’s ability to parent even better than you and your willingness to support them in that process.'"
Apparently, Brene is getting more and more like her dad Chuck each day. She took to her blog to enumerate the father-daughter overlaps she appreciates {+ some of the traits she hopes never to inherit}. See the whole loving list, which may well inspire you to make one of your own.
Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting, says Brene. To remind herself and her husband, she created this Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto ~ which you can read in full and download in poster size on her site!