But, if that really were the case, why do so many parents feel inadequate? Can being a parent really be only a combination of a few 'quick and easy' tips and techniques? Can parenting be that simple? Well, from my own experience as a parent, I would say absolutely not.
With all my years of training and experience, you would think that I am breezing through the upbringing of my own two children. With a mother like me who knows all the theory surely my children are models of the best-parented children.
Well actually, no - they are not.
I have found that if I automatically try to go to the prescriptive elements of what I know, even I, as the expert in innumerable case studies, still don't get it right with my kids.
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