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Before You Let Your Child Fail, Read This
By Rachel Simmons — 2015
It’s not easy to let our kids be less than perfect.
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I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.