Education

but if you're prepared and dedicated, you can do fine job. Know your strengths and weaknesses, and use support groups and available resources. Make sure your daughter gets interaction with other kids, but don't sweat the school=socialization issue. Ask yourself if you believe middle school and high school are good mirrors for "real life," and if the social skills one develops during 9-12 are in any way superior to social skills gained in more diverse environments. At no other point in life are we made to associate solely with people of our same age and from our same neighborhoods. It doesn't mirror college, it doesn't mirror work, and it doesn't mirror life.