Monday, February 11, 2013

Genius vs Opportunity











Jenny said...

I'm doing a vigorous connection sign here. I remember my oldest as a toddler and feeling exactly the same way. She's now in fourth grade and her sister in kindergarten and I am still so frustrated. We are not exceptional parents - not by any stretch. But we, based on our experiences, knew to read to our kids, talk to them, engage with them. How blessed were we as children and therefore are our children. And how horribly unfair.

Anonymous said...

All pediatricians tell parents that their children need to be read to in order to develop well. They ask at well-baby visits starting very early. It's part of their protocol. How to get this message through more strongly? I don't know.

organized chaos said...

Anonymous- I don't know. I think parents hear some messages from pediatricians and think, "That's nice but she doesn't know how hard I work", etc, etc. Or, they simply lose the reading tidbit in all the other information. I know my husband and I frequently look at each other and say, "What did Dr. Kelly say about this?" trying desperately to remember her words that we were trying to listen to over the frustrated cries of our daughter.
I don't know. I don't think pediatricians can be the only answer to this. We've got to make it bigger.