So you know how you have that one friend who is competitive with you about everything and tells you that her child, at 2 years 5 months, can write a paragraph, mow the lawn and cook a 7 course meal? And you know how she is supermom because she tells you that she is and you know how no matter how many times her child has fallen and knocked her head up, he does not take her to the doctor because the doctor won’t do anything that she herself can’t do? And you know how the child is actually pretty advanced but is being held back because every time she tries to speak the mother puts a pacifier in her mouth to shut her up so that now all she sounds like is a mumbling fool but despite this, she continues to try to out do you on everything. Like how when you share that YOUR child has developed a new skill, she has to tell you that her child has been doing that since she was in the womb? And you know how when she tells you that her child knows the alphabet because she can sing the song from start to finish you start wishing that your child would show others all of the things that she can do? And then suddenly, your child walks over the the wall with the alphabet border and points to a letter and says “i” and it is an “i” and then she says “m” and she is pointing to a “m” and she does it AGAIN with a “y” and and “x” and then your friends asks her daughter “what letter is this” and her daughter looks as confused as can be and when she asks again, your daughter says, without… Continue reading →