Most of us realize our parents are imperfect. But even after growing up and moving out, it takes years to understand we shouldn’t be holding them to an unreasonable standard

Almost no one is perfect. Parents are no different. In fact they’re more prone to mistakes because they have the huge responsibility of maintaining a household and raising children.<br><br>One of the biggest life lessons I’ll still continually be learning is that our parents deal with so much. It’s not possible for them to be perfect, and it’s arrogant of us to expect them to be.<br><br>Parents will always make mistakes. There will always be things we wish they had done differently. But it’s a waste of our time to make ourselves miserable thinking about it. They’ve done their best (most parents), and understand that to the best of their ability, and try to move on.<br><br>It’s almost the same as how it’s foolish to assume your partner will love you the way you do. You can’t require people to love you how you want… that’s an unrealistic expectation. It’s the same with parents. Expecting them to parent flawlessly is an unrealistic expectation.<br><br>This is a lesson I really had to learn, especially being someone who grew up with understanding that humans are flawed, but also being a very introspective and self-aware person. Self-awareness is one thing. Acting on that self-awareness is another thing.