Yes! Amen! And I loved your comment you left on that post. I was exposed to every worldly influence -- my parents thought they were doing the right thing, and what I couldn't learn through them I explored on my own. So much so that I don't even quite know how to unravel it all and figure out which societal influences to shield my daughter from. Consuming what the world had to offer did me no favors, either.
I think I'm on the right path with my daughter, however During a speech evaluation today, the therapist asked her to identify a few licensed characters, and when my daughter couldn't, she tsked, tsked and made some notes. I had to point out that lacking that sort of "cultural literacy" does not mean my daughter's receptive speech is in any way delayed.
And to think, i once would have shuddered to imagine raising a child who would be embarrassed to be the only one in the class who didn't know who Dora or Elmo is. Now I shudder thinking about how I might have be the sort of mom who introduces her 16-year-old to "Sex and the City" DVDs in the mistaken belief it would be a great thing for us to bond over.
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Yes! Amen! And I loved your comment you left on that post. I was exposed to every worldly influence -- my parents thought they were doing the right thing, and what I couldn't learn through them I explored on my own. So much so that I don't even quite know how to unravel it all and figure out which societal influences to shield my daughter from. Consuming what the world had to offer did me no favors, either.
I think I'm on the right path with my daughter, however During a speech evaluation today, the therapist asked her to identify a few licensed characters, and when my daughter couldn't, she tsked, tsked and made some notes. I had to point out that lacking that sort of "cultural literacy" does not mean my daughter's receptive speech is in any way delayed.
And to think, i once would have shuddered to imagine raising a child who would be embarrassed to be the only one in the class who didn't know who Dora or Elmo is. Now I shudder thinking about how I might have be the sort of mom who introduces her 16-year-old to "Sex and the City" DVDs in the mistaken belief it would be a great thing for us to bond over.
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