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Sometimes when we learn a way we can improve our parenting, we have a tendency to "beat ourselves up". In this quick parenting tip, Thomas C. Rector reminds us, "...we all need to understand, there's no such thing as perfection in parenting. And to be a good parent, doesn't require perfection. It requires we go for a goal that we want to achieve." Interested in exploring more encouragement and practical tools for parenting? Additional resources are available here: Paren

by Thomas C. Rector Several years ago, I participated as a panelist in a training conducted by Patricia Dorner, a national speaker on Open Adoption. As panelists, we shared our open adoption experiences in hopes the audience would be able to relate and therefore gain an insight of its importance. Each time I have participated in these trainings, I have come away with at least one new or reawakened insight. I use the word ‘insight’ for it is a new pattern of thinking rather th