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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had my kids two decades ago.  In my friend group, we all did what we thought was best for us.  No one commented on how we fed our babies, how they slept, whether we worked or stayed at home, etc.  We all had very good experiences from newborn stage through graduation.  None of us are wealthy, so there were no housekeepers, night nurses or nannies. We just supported each other.  I hate the competitive parenting I see today. I think it passes anxiety on to the children.  We are all still friends and our kids turned out fine.[/quote]

So, I have a 5, 2 and 1 year old and sense the competitiveness right away all the time with other parents.  How can we combat this?  I want to make other mom friends but folks' guards go up so fast and I swear we're nice folks.  I don't want to pass the anxiety off to my kiddos either.  Any advice?  I know we're all just crazy busy but there's gotta be something to make it better b/c I feel like every family unit is just trying to do it alone (and better!) but I don't think that works in the long run.[/quote]

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