Perhaps if he got 2 wrong, then that "2" margin means there means there's an element of doubt about whether it will overall mean success or failure. Getting 100% is more certain success. Perhaps with the second DC, you now know that you can allow for a bigger margin of error and you have more confidence in yourself and him that it will be fine?
This parenting business is often a tightrope. My dog-obssessed DS2, mentioned elsewhere

, is still finding it hard to settle in at nursery, even after 6 months (this morning was a nightmare

). A normally happy, very funny, engaged boy, still clings to his mummy and it makes me feel terrible that I'm doing/ have done something wrong and this will affect his future life chances and yet, when writing that I want to put in

When you're in the thick of something, it's harder to keep perspective about (pseudo-psychology/philosophy alert

) life being a whole journey and not getting bogged down in one tricky stage of it.
Errr .... will shut up now. This thread is about being stress free and enjoyable
