If you search enough, you will most definitely find an area your child is struggling. Why? Because none of us are perfect and none of us develop the exact skill at the exact same time as their peers.
We live in a culture that constantly compares, not only ourselves, but also our children. Social media makes it that much more difficult when you discover those “weaknesses.”
When teaching, some common terms were “summer babies” for those that needed extra time or assistance to “catch on.” We also recognized an obvious truth that there are two sides to everyone’s brain and most people shine more on one than the other.
Let’s not forget different learning styles. Who’s to say that specific child hasn’t been taught in their language yet? Experiential Learning is essential, but a difficult task to meet. I’m currently working on a post to cover each of those. It can be overwhelming once you realize how different each child can be. Hopefully, having a list will help you explore those.
Let’s agree to find their strengths and praise them at a level that will encourage them to push through their struggles verses giving up because of the self-fulfilling prophecy that they just aren’t good at it.
A friend once reminded me that if you hold up a quarter toward the moon, you can block its brilliance with such ease. Let’s not do this to our children.
As adults, we can attempt to surround ourselves with more people that do this for us. Another suggestion I have is to unfollow those friends that after reading their posts, you feel worse about yourself. You have so many things to be proud of and the sooner you focus on those, the easier this crazy life will be to navigate. Good luck, ladies! You’ve got this!