A parent of four argues that parenting itself hasn't gotten harder, only our expectations have. Kids need love, reliability, physical affection, and about fifteen minutes of focused attention daily from you. Everything else is unnecessary pressure we've invented.
Parenting didn't get harder. The expectations of parenting got harder. Now we have to watch every ingredient. We have to monitor every friendship. We have to understand how our kids are thinking and feeling and playing. And have we got the right developmental toys for the stage that they're at? Like, it's, do you know what? It's not that deep. I ate so much crap as a kid and I turned out okay. It's not that deep. Do I think that your kids should sit and be, you know, like raised by the iPad? No, I don't. But at the end of the day, when we've turned parenting into another part of our ambition, That's failure to me, right? My kids need a mom who loves them. They need someone they can rely on. They need somebody that can give them like a big lovely cuddle, and they need like attention and presence from me for about 15 minutes a day. There are 4 of them.
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