We have a son who is five and a half, and my husband seems to do a lot of things for him that he can do for himself. He is already a shy child who lacks confidence, and I worry that by doing everything for him my husband is exacerbating the situation. From what I understand, confidence comes from learning that you are capable of doing things for yourself. For example, tonight my son had to draw a snake for "homework." He kept crying that he didn't know how and refused to do it. I would have given him some pointers and maybe drawn a sample for him, but that's all. My husband, after much whining and crying on our son's part, actually ended up drawing a dotted-line version of the snake and had my son trace it. Am I being too "hard" about all of this, or do I have a legitimate concern here?
2006-09-21
13:39:57
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