To teach my children that sometimes you give up

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Why are some people so keen on "never giving up" and its so important to teach your children to never give up?

Sometimes giving up is the best thing to do and its wasting time and preventing progression by continuing. I've given up on jobs and relationships many times, was totally the right idea. If anything I should of given up on them sooner!

It really depends. Sometimes its important to realise that a certain pursuit is meaningless and its time to move on or tty something else.

My Dad taught me that if you don't like something and you can't find any way to change it for the better, then it's fine to walk away from it.

Learning to walk away from something and change your mind with dignity is a great life skill too- as is making mistakes - as you will see in the life of any successfully person (science, business, arts, politics).

It doesn't have to be called 'giving up' though

I think that it's important to realise that you have choices, including quitting things. It's empowering.

Disappointed one - don't understand. "Would of" isn't quoted anywhere in OP.
Confused.

I think there is a difference between choosing to no longer do something because the end result of doing it is not something you want rather than giving up because the getting there is difficult.
My ds finds riding his bike without stabilisers really difficult but he wants to be able to do it so he needs to keep trying. If he found say a thai kwon do class unenjoyable then he could give that up.

I don't get the would of comment either, is this grammar cuntary on a whole new level ? Correcting someone before they have even made the faux pas.
This could be the MN equivalent to the minority report.

No, I don't think there is anything wrong with teaching dc not to waste time on a lost cause, learning when enough gold is enough is a pretty good life skill to have.

I honestly don't know where the random gold appeared from.

AwfulBeryl .

You know what else is irritating and increasingly common?

Grammar and spelling corrections on threads that are nothing to do with grammar and spelling.

It's immature and rude. You know what the OP means.

OP says 'should of' not 'would of'
I had to double check too.

Well, that's what you should of done then.

TheOnlyColditz - I second that. Quite pathetic. How dull some peoples' lives must be to be able to nitpick like that.

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

Maybe the OP was distracted, It's just rude to try and belittle someone, wrong time wrong place.

I did answer the question asked as well!

Disappointed do you feel good about yourself after pointing this out?

Op I agree with you, it's healthy in fact to know it's ok to give up sometimes.

Out of interest, where is the right time and place? The OP Is likely to read this. Somewhere else, not guaranteed.

If it doesn't get pointed out, the virus will just continue to spread............