Do you question the way you raised your children?

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When your children make a wrong decision, whether they are still kids or grown, do you feel you could have or should have done things differently and maybe they would not have made the choices they did? I am very happy that my daughter and I are best friends and I think I did a wonderful job of raising her with good values. She thinks of other people's feelings before her own, is respectful to her elders whether family or acquaintences, not to mention polite, hard working and a wonderful mother to her own 4 boys. The problem is she is in a bad relationship and has been for 10 years. He is not physical with her but he is very controlling. She has left him twice but has ended up going back to him both times. She is getting ready to leave him again and I hope this will be the final time. I worry about her so much even though she is resourceful and thinks things out ahead of time but raising 4 boys on your own is not easy. Financially I am not able to help her out right now and I feel so helpless. I often think that if I had been a little different in the way I raised her she might not have made some of the decisions she has. I know one of the reasons she has gone back to him is so that the boys will know and remember their father since her dad died when she was only 2 years old, but I just can't help asking myself if I would have made different descision would her life be different than it is now.