Seriously?!?!!
My DIL grew up in a non-English speaking, broken home.. Her mother was either working or partying. She saw her dad 2 weeks every summer. Oh yeah, her mother is illiterate. Little to no guidance, children raising children.
When she was in college the professor did a little exercise to prove her point that those who would make the best COTAs had this certain kind of raising. They stood in the middle of the room with their eyes closed and the prof said things like “You were read to as a child.”. If yes step forward, no, step backward. Mostly just things that we take for granted. My DIL ended up with her back against the wall while almost all her classmates were at the front.
OMG, she cried so hard when she told me about it. But that’s okay, she is a wonderful OT and she has done everything she could to give her all the advantages that she missed.
She now works in the school system and helps teach parents what they can do with their children to help them to excel.
Why would anyone deny their own child anything because another child doesn’t have it, I don’t know, that’s just insanity. Oh yeah, there are hungry children in Africa so I’m not going to feed my children well either.
Presumably you meant "Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant". Would have been nice not to have to look this up in order to understand your post. Congrats and blessings to your DIL, nevertheless.