Parenting mistakes the top 20 mistakes parents make rita chester sharon olivia blumberg rita chester amazonfr livres. Psychologist mike leary shares 20 mistakes that too many parents tend to make and shows the potentially negative effects of these seemingly insignificant errors. The 20 common mistakes parents make 1 labelling we all have a tendency to label our kids hes the clever one shes the good looking one hes got the 2 letting yourself go we make our children the centre of our worlds but doing so at the expense of our health 3 doing too much you . What mistakes do parents make not giving quality time or expecting children to help not doing things as a family recharging their batteries or with their partner not having boundaries giving good attention or helping children with emotions not being good role models and allowing poor habits to develop