You made a mistake or several mistakes. Let’s take ‘mistake’ to be subjective. If you are here, it probably means you have ‘forgiven’ yourself, given yourself leeway to learn from experience, and moved on to maturity.
Do you have the right to STOP your kids from making the same mistake or punish them if they do?
Or do you think they have the same right to make their own mistake and learn as you did and that your right stops at advice?
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i believe that you should teach your kids right from wrong and instill the proper values in them in order to raise them right to how you believe they should be raised once they are grown up all you can do is hope that you have raised them right that do not make big mistakes...........as for mistakes everyone makes them the best thing you can do is learn from your mistakes kids will make mistakes as they grow up there's isn't much you can do about it you can only raise them in a way that they will not be tempted to make those mistakes but you cannot stop them as people do learn from experience and you do have to make mistakes to grow up
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There's no guarantee that the person (in this case, one's child) is going to heed your advice.......but a parent does have the responsibility to stop/guide their child.....especially if the mistake can be injurious to to their health, future, violates someone else's rights, etc. Even more so when the kids are living with the parents and are dependent upon them..........and if the consequences of that mistake are also going to impact the parents and other members of the family (be it emotionally/financially, etc)...yes they have the right to stop their child.
What is considered "over-protective" is subjective. I do believe that sometimes people learn their lessons best when they're allowed to make their own mistakes. That negative experience is sometimes more effective than the admonishment. ***But then again some kids don't learn after the first bad experience. Not everyone learns in the same away. While you can't always control the outcome...you do have the responsibility to advise....because your kid may not handle the mistake or learn from it as quickly as you did.
Whether or not you feel your right stops at advice is subjective. It can depend upon the gravity of the mistake. And for some parents...they may feel that once their children are independent adults...they shouldn't impose on them.
****"Do they have the right to make their own mistakes?" That's a tough question. What if what you consider as your own personal right......infringes upon the rights/safety/well-being of others?
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Not only you have the right but duty and utmost obligation to to stop.
How is this a tough question?
OP did not say you consider your experience right since the word forgiven was used.
Besides, no one has a right to commit mistake! 
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Yes i have every right to stop my kids from committing the same mistakes i committed. infact its my duty. it will be very silly if i am gonna let them commit that mistake thinking they will learn from their experience.
"allah kehta hai ke kisi ko koi ghalti/burai kerte dekho tou usko roko/samjhao yeh tumhara farz hai"
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Yes they do have the right to commit and learn from their own mistakes.
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^
Exactly! No one is perfect, no matter how much ill try.. I cant predict the future and i can just teach them about everything that i have experienced but one day they are going to face something about which i haven't taught them about, because i didn't experience it in my time ..
That will be the time that may make mistakes and THEN they will handle it and learn from them. If they still don't learn , then ill be always there to give them advice!
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You can learn a lot from others mistakes but some lessons you have to learn yourself. As for any children I have, I believe you reap what you sow, if you raise them well and give them the skills to make the right choices they should not make any major mistakes.
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LMAO. Um…RETARD…the point that you made preceding your typical smacking-the-forehead emoticon…was already brought up by me in my post when I put forth the question implying that one’s personal right certainly diminishes or doesn’t count especially when it infringes upon or violates the rights/well-being of others.
The failure to inference correctly and to grasp implied meanings within the text…are indicative of a reading comprehension problem.
If there were a flip your middle finger emoticon…(shame there isn’t)…you’d be a frequent recipient of it, Diwana.
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:mirch:
why would u call some one retard without any personal comment on you or any provocation?? and you want to show ‘middle finger’ to the person just because he has a different opinion??
i am surprised at the extent of this personal attack…seriously..
you need to take a chill pill
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You’re right, Nomi. I apologize that my response was harsh and blunt. It should have reflected more intelligence and wit. Bad RV!!! :no:
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^ i think you deserve a warning and some infraction points…
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More seriously, perhaps it's the word "right" that is throwing things off. I was thinking about the question from a religious perspective. Does religion grant us the "right" or "free will" to do what is what is wrong? So, are the words "right" and "free will" synonymous? Do they mean the same thing?
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Kitnay shireen Hain Tere Lab Ae Raqeeb
Gaalian Kha Ke Bud Maza Na Hua
Absolutely not surprised myself.
She has read Sara signature and wanted to prove she is the absolute retard!
**“i think ure retarded for callin someone retarded” **
If she is hell bent on it then who can stop her? 
You wish! 
Not the first time or the last she has shown her ‘great/lovely’ attitude. 
Ah! here comes the philosophy!
So now you are bringing something which would actally mean regardless of what context one says, there is no** right** which is granted for people to make mistake.
Come to think of it,… some people do have right to be stupid. 
Your statement that somehow the question was tough did not hold any water either.
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Something smells a bit bad around here, kind of like necrotic brain tissue.
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Uffo…khusray bhi itni dafa aankh nahin maartay.
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Disappointed by them?
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LMAO I think I am falling in love with RV.
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LMAO. Um....RETARD......the point that you made preceding your typical smacking-the-forehead emoticon.....was already brought up by me in my post when I put forth the question implying that one's personal right certainly diminishes or doesn't count especially when it infringes upon or violates the rights of others.
The failure to inference correctly and to grasp implied meanings within the text....are indicative of a reading comprehension problem.
If there were a flip your middle finger emoticon...(shame there isn't)....you'd be a frequent recipient of it, Diwana.
ROTFL.