I have a two year old who loves reading and learning. I make sure he finds learning interesting so the skills and knowledge he's picked up are a natural part of his play.
The negative replies to your comment irked me as being a bit brief and harsh.
But I do wonder where "we haven't progressed as quickly as I had hoped" came from? What made you hope for more? Prior children? Holding him up against brilliant peers? Arbitrary expectations?
I think it's one thing to push and motivate your child in a supportive and happy way, but another to have rough expectations, even if you don't share them with your child. Your experience teaching them can be as positive as theirs is being taught by you.
I can see why you would be curious, or maybe even concerned. My goals are arbitrary. They are definitely not expectations but rather hopes that my child will be able to meet them. He has already exceeded my expectations.
My approach to parenting is an experimental one. I don't assume that there is anything he can't do, I just expose him to ideas or different activities and see how he responds.
I'm happy that your two year old has a loving parent that has thought about how to teach him/her without compromising his play. That must be one happy kid.
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I have a two year old who loves reading and learning. I make sure he finds learning interesting so the skills and knowledge he's picked up are a natural part of his play.
The negative replies to your comment irked me as being a bit brief and harsh.
But I do wonder where "we haven't progressed as quickly as I had hoped" came from? What made you hope for more? Prior children? Holding him up against brilliant peers? Arbitrary expectations?
I think it's one thing to push and motivate your child in a supportive and happy way, but another to have rough expectations, even if you don't share them with your child. Your experience teaching them can be as positive as theirs is being taught by you.
I can see why you would be curious, or maybe even concerned. My goals are arbitrary. They are definitely not expectations but rather hopes that my child will be able to meet them. He has already exceeded my expectations.
My approach to parenting is an experimental one. I don't assume that there is anything he can't do, I just expose him to ideas or different activities and see how he responds.
I'm happy that your two year old has a loving parent that has thought about how to teach him/her without compromising his play. That must be one happy kid.