I once heard the definition of an expert described as:

"Someone who's made every mistake there is to make in a very narrow field....and lives at least 100 miles away."

I had to chuckle at that description, there is a lot more truth to it than I'd like to admit. By the time our GT kids are 14 or so, we've made the mass majority of the mistakes and learned from them, still, while we know our own children better than anyone else, (or should, if we're doing it right) we often fail to give ourselves credit for being an expert on them.

Last edited by Old Dad; 01/15/14 08:18 PM.