I Can’t Be Afraid to Make Parenting Mistakes

Because, they are inevitable.

S. J. Gordon
Nov 8 · 5 min read

I taught my son some sign language before he was able to speak. I read that it would ease his frustration while he was working on language development, but it actually delayed his speech.

That was a mistake.

When he was very small, we let him have a white noise machine and lullabies…

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S. J. Gordon

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Singer of songs, collector of stories, modern-day Scheherazade, and a damned fine bird wrangler. https://mailchi.mp/560d4143d10e/sjgordonupdates

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So many ideas, so many opinions, so many things to learn, so many things to talk about because, that is Life.

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