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Parenting

Why Social Media Comparisons Increase Anxiety

You scroll past a friend's photo: organized kitchen, two kids smiling, soup on the stove. Your kitchen has dried oatmeal on the floor and your toddler...

6 min read

Parenting

Why Parenthood Intensifies Inner Dialogue

If you've noticed that your internal monologue has become louder and more insistent since becoming a parent, you're not alone. Parenthood creates cond...

4 min read

Parenting

Why Parental Confidence Reduces External Pressure

Something interesting happens when parents feel confident in their choices: external pressure becomes much less powerful. Someone suggests a different...

6 min read

Parenting

Comparison Culture and Parenting Anxiety

Your child isn't talking as much as the neighbor's toddler. Another parent seems infinitely patient while you lose it. Someone else's preschooler is r...

3 min read

Emotions

How Parental Guilt Affects Mental Health

"Good parents feel guilty" is a piece of cultural advice that has done enormous harm. The implication is that guilt is a virtue, evidence of caring. T...

6 min read

Parenting

Parental Burnout: Recognising It and What to Do About It

Tiredness in the early years is universal. Burnout is something different and more specific — it's the state where the love is still there but the cap...

12 min read

Parenting

Coping With the Feeling of Chaos at Home With a New Baby

You've eaten cereal for dinner. The laundry mountain is now the laundry mountain range. There are three half-drunk cups of tea on different surfaces....

8 min read