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Why Perfect Parenting Doesn't Exist
The idea that perfect parenting is a thing you can fail at quietly does more harm than almost any actual parenting mistake. It produces guilt for ordi...
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Why It's Important to Allow Yourself to Be a 'Good Enough' Parent
"Good enough" sounds like settling, like you're not giving your child your best effort. But actually, the concept of the "good enough parent" is one o...
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Why It's Important to Allow Yourself to Be a 'Good Enough' Parent
"Good enough" sounds like a pep talk. It's actually a clinical term Donald Winnicott introduced in the 1950s to describe what kids actually need to th...
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Why "Good Enough" Is the Optimal Standard, Not the Fallback
"Good enough" sounds like the answer you give when you have given up on the answer you wanted. In developmental psychology it is the opposite — the or...
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