[Melas]

What you mean so say is that your hindsight is always perfect. What a shock and surprise that is.

As a parent myself, I understand all too well how it is UNAVOIDABLE to make mistakes.

[Quix]

OF COURSE IT'S UNAVOIDABLE to make mistakes.

And the parents of challenging children made plenty of mistakes.

But their successes outweighed their mistakes

SUFFICIENTLY

that they succeeded with their kids admirably. And, their kids succeeded as adults.

Sometimes they made dreadful mistakes. But as Scripture says, LOVE [true, authentic, selfless, sacrificial] LOVE covers a multitude of sins.

Still true.

And, NOT ALL my observations were hind sight.

I have predicted quite accurately those challenging kids that were going to crash and burn were things not changed.

And I've predicted quite accurately those challenging kids that were going to succeed because of the good things the parents were doing right, in spite of their flaws.

[Quix]

BTW,

I NEVER HAVE

expected such a perspective to win me any popularity contests.

But IF

I can help one child to have a

BETTER

CHANCE at becoming a fulfilled, productive adult, then it is worth all the assault, disdain, incredulity, offense, and hostility my comments may have triggered in my direction.