Sorry, I gave you a bit of a curt answer earlier because I was in a bit of a grump. I don’t feel like I’m excelling at parenthood (or life in general) but thanks for saying so anyway.
I think you could well be right. And also, I have a tendency to (a) focus on my failures and shortcomings and (b) compare myself to everyone in the entire world (rather than thinking ‘yep, things are pretty okay for me’). Whereas with an A Level, you could score a far from perfect mark (70%) and still get an A, which was the best available mark.