We are all guilty of it. We compare ourselves to the person next to us in line at the grocery store or at church. We compare ourselves to our siblings and our friends. And often the biggest comparison of all comes as we scroll through social media posts. But we don’t only compare ourselves, we compare our children to other children and unrealistic benchmarks. Why aren’t they athletic like that kid, the top of the class like that kid, reading when they were four like that kid, potty trained at two like that kid. The list goes on and on and on. But here is the truth . . . comparison is a thief. It is a thief of joy, of contentment, of reality. It destroys the rights our children have to figure out what they like and to be fully and unapologetically themselves. And it keeps adults from seeing the amazing people they are. Comparison is the thief of everything.