> Certainly no one should feel obligated to follow anyone's advice! There's too much contradictory parenting advice going around to be able to follow it all.
As one of many, many parents, my observation has been that there is so much contradictory parenting advice because there is so much variation in the kids, in terms of behaviors, personalities, the order in which they bootstrap their motor vs verbal skills, body awareness, etc., etc. As a result, consuming parenting advice is like going down a checklist of things to try, and the kid won’t respond to most of it.
As one of many, many parents, my observation has been that there is so much contradictory parenting advice because there is so much variation in the kids, in terms of behaviors, personalities, the order in which they bootstrap their motor vs verbal skills, body awareness, etc., etc. As a result, consuming parenting advice is like going down a checklist of things to try, and the kid won’t respond to most of it.