While no one wants to fail, smart teens and parents realize it presents opportunities to build critical life skills. Failures that don't threaten safety or well-being offer chances to evolve. With supportive adults cheering them on, teens can use the setbacks, frustrations and missteps of youth to gain wisdom, resilience and confidence for the future. 



Here are 3 vital lessons teenagers learn from failures:

- Resilience - When teens fail at something important, it hurts. But with support from caring adults, they can learn to pick themselves up, persevere and bounce back from major setbacks. Failure teaches grit to handle the inevitable failures of adulthood with grace.

- Self-Awareness - Failure prompts introspection about weaknesses and blindspots. It pushes teens to re-evaluate abilities, priorities and goals. Failure inspires positive change and growth. 

- Determination - Failure often emboldens teens' resolve to learn from mistakes, adjust approaches and tackle challenges again with renewed motivation. It ignites their competitive fire.

The path to adulthood will contain failure. But with the right mindset and support system, teens can harness those failures as stepping stones to personal growth. By leaning into failure rather than avoiding it, teenagers build the resilience, awareness and determination to take on the challenges of adulthood. Failure stops being something to fear and becomes an invaluable teacher.