Answer:
"We shouldn't worry too much, though, because it is precisely our mistakes that teach our children the most about life."
Explanation:
According to the given sentence, the claim of the author is that "Shielding our children from [mistakes] by striving for perfection in our own parenting does them no favors."
Therefore, the sentences from the passage that most directly expresses the counterclaim is "We shouldn't worry too much, though, because it is precisely our mistakes that teach our children the most about life."
A claim is the main argument of a text while a counterclaim is the opposing argument to the claim.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
We are talking about Hester and Pearl, two characters of the novel "The Scarlet Letter," (1850) written by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.
In the story, Pearl and Hester are treated badly, and yes, we can say they were bullied.
Although the novel written by Hawthorne refers to the Puritans' time in Massachusetts, some things are similar in today's society. Bullying is still a big part of the school premises, where children bully other children that are different, shy, or behave in a peculiar way. Parents of these children could be aware of the situation but really do not show much interest in changing their children's attitude regarding bullying. Even worst, some parents think that this is a symbol that their children are stronger and more dominant than others.
