Second-Guessing Yourself as a Parent
Second-guessing yourself as a parent is an “occupational hazard.” So says Kathy Stratton, Psy.D., founding member of the Decoding Dyslexia national grassroots dyslexia advocacy movement....
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I think second-guessing oneself as a parent can be an occupational hazard, because our kids don't come with instruction manuals. And so there are always opportunities to say could I have done it one way, or should I have done it another way. And I think that we operate on the information that we have, when we have it. And so hindsight is always 20/20. But I think that, you know, I've heard parents saying, maybe I intervene too much, and that it was not the right thing for my child. At the same time, others say I didn't intervene enough, and if only I had done more maybe the outcome would be different. I know I found that it's easy to think about, should I have had my son doing more tutoring, or should I have had them do less tutoring. And th...
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I think second-guessing oneself as a parent can be an occupational hazard, because our kids don't come with instruction manuals. And so there are always opportunities to say could I have done it one way, or should I have done it another way. And I think that we operate on the information that we have, when we have it. And so hindsight is always 20/20. But I think that, you know, I've heard parents saying, maybe I intervene too much, and that it was not the right thing for my child. At the same time, others say I didn't intervene enough, and if only I had done more maybe the outcome would be different. I know I found that it's easy to think about, should I have had my son doing more tutoring, or should I have had them do less tutoring. And th...
