Whether or not to use medication must have been an absolutely frightening decision, because there's no way you will know what was the right thing to do. There are just too many factors in this, and no way to plot an ideal path through the labyrinth ahead of time.
I think it's a microcosm of parenting anxiety, though: you make your decisions for your child, but you're never entirely certain that they'll be the right choices in the long run. In fact, in my case, I always felt certain that some of them would be the wrong ones -- but I didn't know which ones those were, and probably won't until he's older and can assess them for himself.
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Date: 2010-10-22 03:05 pm (UTC)I think it's a microcosm of parenting anxiety, though: you make your decisions for your child, but you're never entirely certain that they'll be the right choices in the long run. In fact, in my case, I always felt certain that some of them would be the wrong ones -- but I didn't know which ones those were, and probably won't until he's older and can assess them for himself.