The part that speaks to building a relationship before offering advice is great! I think we’re all trying to figure the best way to handle situations with our kid(s). If you don’t truly understand the situation your great advice is actually pretty useless.
It starts at birth. Well, before birth, really. Are you planning to have a natural childbirth? At home with a midwife? You aren’t eating unpasteurized cheeses are you? You will breastfeed, right? How long?
And it continues with fervor through a child’s early years. Preschool? Homeschool? Unschool? What types of soap are you using? I hope you know about buying organic apples. Will you stay home or go back to work? And on and on.
To parents, it can seem as though everyone has very strong opinions about how children should be raised. Those opinions stem from passion to help children grow up with the best – something we can all feel good about! But social pressure and unsolicited advice can be paralyzing when making the best choice for the family means selecting a path not considered “right.”
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