I am have been thinking a lot about what I expect from my daughter. She is 5 years old & has a hard time listening. I wonder is it her age or do I expect too much of her. Am I letting her be a child or trying to force her to a mini me.
My daughter is very outgoing and spirited. The problem I have is that if she were a boy people would say "boys will be boys". The fact is she is a girl and society doesn't want girls to act this way. I think we forget they are children. They are not robots we can program to be a certain way.
We all want to have a well behaved well mannered child. I have taught her to say please and thank you. I want her to be polite and not rude. But I can't control how she acts.
The problem is when she is being bad that's seems to be when there is an audience. The other thing is when you child is really good it's not like people bring that up to you. Usually it's something negative. I wish that people in general would be more positive.
I find my self getting down on me for being a bad parents, am I a bad parent or are standard just set to high?
I wish that there wasn't so many double standard no matter what age we are. I wish the barriers could be broken down and that we could all just be our self's and not the way society wants us to be.
This is why I think I expect too much out of my daughter.
Do you expect too much of your child?
Do you want then to be the way society wants them to be?
Should children be seen and not heard?
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