

You are right parents shouldn’t say this to kids directly but I do think they can illustrate that they aren’t all powerful and depending on the maturity of the kid go into some of the realities of the world we live in.
I was also just trying to remind younger folks that their parents are human and have flaws and my be worthy of forgiveness for those flaws.
My mother in law lives next door and we love it because we don’t have to worry about her but still have some distance