Now that our four children can no longer be counted among the very young, we have the time and energy for reflection.
It's that stage in child raising where parents can look back, and wonder not just about what we did wrong (all parents do that; ask them), or even what we might have done right -- just what we did.
It's generally agreed that parenting is the only full-time job for which there is no formal training. Most parents are up front about their initial ignorance regarding parenting; it is common to hear first-born children described as "experiments."