Out of nowhere comes a thorny question/issue that I can’t figure out easily. Seems like those gray areas would go away after awhile, but as you point out–with health and developmental issues in a kid, there will always be gray areas.

And actually, all these health decisions pretty much serve as a metaphor for raising kids with any issues or none at all–wouldn’t it scare the crap out of young children if they knew how often we were guessing?

People constantly project their own stuff into the midst of that which they know not. There were many times that I was told that my daughter would ‘grow out of’ her developmental delays. Swing the pendulum the other way and I was told that I would need to start considering “life skills” as opposed to academia and traditional schooling. As always, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

I mean dang…. it’s hard enough to parent a ‘normal child’ and second guess yourself, but once you’ve traveled down the special needs path, all you can do is your best in any situation. The consequences are greater and if you have to pay part of them then you are even more vested.

And the authority questioning… yeah, that’s not a good idea at all!

Great Job Mama Bear!