I feel terrible for parents of gen alpha/beta

Honestly I don’t know if it’s the state of the world driving people this way or what. But as a mom of a young gen alpha the expectations are absolutely ridiculous

I just came from a post where a mom feels absolutely gutted over ONE night of CIO with their 9 month old

And I’m not here to preach the benefits of sleep training. Whatever works for your family works for your family. I’m only willing to discuss research with experts in this regard

But the number of people calling CIO abusive and making this mom feel horrible about ONE SINGULAR NIGHT just piss me off

You can’t convince me parents of gen alpha and beta aren’t going to have the worst mental health compared to previous parents. This incessant need to be the perfect parent is going to do so much more harm than any potential good of doing nothing wrong ever will

Before I learned to let go and just accept the choices I’m making now are the best ones I’m able to in the moment my depression was at an all time high. I can recognize now I’m a much better mom once I stopped trying to chase perfection. I truly hope more parents, especially mothers, can bring themselves to the place I’m in

At the end of the day my goal is to ensure my children know they were loved. It’s not going to be a perfect kind of love, but it’s the best love I’ll be able to give them