Posted by Cary/Fuquay/Apex Pediatric Centers on Thursday, July 16, 2020
“There’s no wrong decision,” she says, adding that each choice carries its own set of risks and benefits, and all of the decisions come with a loss of what was. She also said that every decision has positive options that most parents likely won’t see the fruit of, until much later on.
“How you choose to think about the decision that you make, is what will make it right,” she says. “How you choose to think about it will create how you feel about it.”
“I know you think that advice sucks,” she says, adding that right now, it feels like the biggest decision you’ve ever had to make, “but it really isn’t.” She continues, “It’s only because you can’t see what the future holds for the choice you’re making that makes you feel afraid.”
Seidel says the only option is looking forward.
“We never have the answer of what the future holds,” she says, “You have no idea if the decision that you’re going to make is going to be a good decision or a bad decision.”
Ultimately, if the decision you choose winds up not being right for you and your family, “you’ll adjust,” she says, giving the example of a kid who goes through all of this work to get into the perfect college, only to go one semester and realize he hates it. What does he do? He transfers to a different college the next semester.
“If the option you choose isn’t working, take a pause and readjust,” she told Good Morning America. “Wouldn’t it be great to raise a generation of kids who see it’s ok not to be right and perfect all the time?”
Seidel encouraged parents to simply do the best they can, because fear and worry won’t solve this situation.
