I had the same worries when my son was a baby. He only learned a few signs. And since no one else knew what they meant it quickly dropped to the wayside. He's far more eloquent at speech and writing then I was at his age. Getting all As except in graphing still bothers me to this day. He is not a genius nor does he care for maths like I did. He is also trilingual which completely blows my mind. This he got from his mother.

And yet I feel like a bad parent because we don't have the resources to enroll him for all the activities his friends do. One event particularly stands out from my own childhood. I tried out for the wrestling team and when I brought the paperwork home my mom said I couldn't, we didn't have health insurance.

I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Being good at something and then being told you can't because you don't have the right paperwork.