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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a baby in 2015 and was TTC for 2 years before that, so a lot of your stuff from 2010-2012 was still true in 2015. I don’t think my friend group ever liked the indoor play areas or trampoline parks though, which was annoying for me because I love a good grimy indoor playground.

Then I had a baby in 2019. By that point the exclusive breastfeeding at all costs stuff had really started to die down. One thing that is different now is who is anti-vaccine and pro “natural health.” In 2010 I’m sure it was all the very liberal in liberal areas. By 2015 the hard right conservatives had started to pick up on it but the liberals hasn’t abandoned it yet. COVID was the thing that pushed all the liberals to the pro vaccine “science” camp. I’m pretty sure the anti-vax liberals are now conservatives with mostly conservative political views. It’s been a big change.

I also found that the emphasis on cloth diapers and buying a huge collection of baby wraps/carriers died down around 2015-2016. It seemed like those went along with the huge emphasis on breastfeeding.

The eye roll inducing trends now are:

huge emphasis on “gentle parenting” even though it clearly does not work at all for some kids. No time outs, lots of “ohhhh I see you are upset little Larlo, you’re really screaming and crying and kicking a lot.”

Autism awareness/acceptance, which is great, don’t get me wrong. My 2019 toddler has ASD but he was diagnosed by an actual doctor at age almost 3 with level 2 ASD. The eye rolls come about with the endless reels of little kids being basically normal, hyper little kids with a whole long caption about their autism and they are so smart and special! And the kids who are lower functioning are still looked down upon or forgotten about.

Beige and neutrals everything, millennial parents hate colorful kids stuff and plastic toys. Also, no artificial scents, dyes/colors, no plastic, organic even if it’s not proven to be any better. Thats the new conspicuous consumption. Everything is labeled as “Montessori” too.

Bluey, which is clearly enjoyed more by parents than kids. My kids like SpongeBob and my younger one likes Paw Patrol. The classics!

[b]The competition now is about who’s kid started swimming and/or on the swim team the youngest, who started riding a 2 wheel bike the youngest, who was reading the youngest and the hardest books and who’s doing advanced math in 2nd grade, in some areas with ES kids who’s on the best travel soccer team.[/b] [/quote]

My kids were born in 2000 and 2004.  That was the trend then, too.  Some things will never change in this area. [/quote]

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