Parents who acknowledge their own flaws are less likely to project impossible standards onto their children.
تأويل فلسفي وتأمل أخلاقي anta lam tajid min nafsika kullama turid
It is often completed with the rhetorical follow-up: "...so how do you expect to find in others everything you want?" (فكيف تجد من الخلائق كل ما تريد؟). This wisdom is frequently attributed to the scholar Ibn al-Jawzi Parents who acknowledge their own flaws are less