Parenting Mistakes

I read this in the July 2014 Ensign and it spoke to me.

"When you feel inclined to berate yourself for parenting mistakes, try to deepen your humility instead of your humiliation."

I was not the perfect parent, though I really wanted to be. I hope my children forgive me for my mistakes and do better than I did. I think that is what any parent wants. I think that as children become parents and see how hard it can be and make their own mistakes they tend to forgive their parents.

I sometimes do feel humiliation for things I did or didn't do. But instead I need to focus on repentance and humility - and remember that often,I was doing the best I could under the circumstances.