I was having a general catch up with one of my friends (alpha mum) this morning. Usual stuff about kids, work etc. Then we got onto the subject of our reception age kids and how they are getting on at school.
Oh how I regret ever saying " My Ds has not started getting books from school yet" This was met with suprise and then the all the comments started coming about how well her DS is doing with his reading and he has been getting books from school for ages.
I so wish I could learn to keep my big trap shut when talking to this particular person about the kids. They are the same age, and although I know my Ds is doing Ok I also feel insecure that he is not yet reading apart from just a few words. I know that early reading is no future predictor of achievement at school. I have read the stuff on how pushing reading too early can be detrimental.
So why do I feel like an inadequate mum?