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Is This Parenting Trend Better Than That?
Parenting trends like gentle parenting, authoritative parenting, and co-sleeping are just different shades of western parenting that swing in response to historical trends. The concern lies more in the mental health outcomes of children in American society rather than the parenting style. Comparing parenting approaches to the entire world through social media leads to feelings of inadequacy, as the underlying message is that someone out there has parenting figured out. However, the reality is that nobody has parenting all figured out, and the idea that working harder or finding the right solution will make parenting perfect is flawed and damaging to parents, especially mothers.