I often hear comments from families about their fear and disappointment over what they could have done better. What did I possibly do wrong? Why isn’t my child talking? He should be talking by now. Why isn’t my child looking at me? I call her name but nothing seems to work. Parenting is the most difficult job in the world and we just don’t give ourselves enough credit.
We all make mistakes. We all wish we could take back something that we said or did. But most of the time, we are there for our children to support them, care for them, and provide for them the best that we know how.
I love the quote from Maya Angelou that goes something like: “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
I think this pretty much describes parenting. We all do the best that we know how until we learn strategies and techniques. Then we can definitely do better.