The contents of the brown envelope told me that my 28-month-old son
was hitting the targets for an eight-to-20 month-old in five of the
'areas of learning'.
What? What? What had I missed about the development of my child? This envelope had been cheerily handed to me as I had picked up my son from the small playgroup setting that he had been attending three mornings a week for ten weeks. Its imminent arrival had been mentioned in his handover book the week prior and I had excitedly anticipated it.
I consider myself an 'involved parent' - I had spent plenty of time at the playgroup to settle Thomas in, am always keen to chat with his key person about his well-being, pore over the notes she writes in his handover book (no previous mention of any concerns here) and enthusiastically share information about his well-being and development from home.
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