Comparison and Competition

Before Lucas was born, we told ourselves that we will not subject him to the peer pressure, such as academic achievement. And we unconsciously did just that. There is another boy who is 2-3 weeks younger than Lucas in his playgroup. This younger boy speaks well. He has no problem speaking a 3 word sentence. His vocabulary also is wider. Lucas is still in single word sentence. So, Dominic and myself were unconsciously comparing two of them and wondering why Lucas is slow. Then, it hit us that we should not compare. Every child learn at his/her own pace. I think we have to keep reminding ourselves..why we human like to compare..