The other day I said to Avi, “Either parenthood is insanely hard or I’m much lower-functioning than I thought.” The answer remains unclear.
The other day I said to Avi, “Either parenthood is insanely hard or I’m much lower-functioning than I thought.” The answer remains unclear.
I’m reminded of a conversation that I had on an airplane one time when I was flying solo with my two older kids, in Katie’s absence. As I struggled alone with snacks and diapers and keeping everyone buckled up, an elderly man behind me tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Enjoy this. Right now, at their age, it’s all physical. Later, parenting beco
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“There is so much parenting content that’s like, what would a good mom do? Or is it normal to do this? Or I confess that I hide from my kids. I want to move beyond that and let’s just take it for granted that we all do that,” she said.
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common among new parents—that the mythical fountain of knowledge is not magically kicking in at all.