Just a quick thought that sort of spring-boarded in my head from my post on raising adults. I may look at my parenting goal as culminating in my children being wholly individual adults, but my current parenting process is to treat my children as their age and abilities require. I don’t expect my almost-three-year-old to understand behavior and attitudes that should be found in a 16-year-old. I do encourage my children in age-appropriate play and learning, and if they develop further than other children their age are, I encourage {without pressure} them in that as well. I expect my toddlers to be figuring out how to respond to situations, which often results in frustrations and even poor attitudes, but I still want to be the mom who is letting them grow in those situations and not pushing ahead of them to make all the choices and decisions for them.
