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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain when these expectations become reality?

Other than a mother/MIL commenting on something (that’s a family problem?) or the school calling the mom first, where and how do you feel these pressures?

Maybe I just DGAF but the whole Christmas magic thing, or nutritious meals - why do you feel like that’s on YOU as a mom? I assume my husband is equally as responsible for that stuff as I am so I don’t feel guilty if I don’t make it happen. So I’m trying to figure out where the guilt is coming from - is it self imposed? If so, let it go![/quote]

Letting it go is a process. You can't just put it back all on individuals. We are all shaped by cultural expectations. That's being human.

Intensive parenting needs to go. It's unrealistic and entirely a creation of middle class status anxiety. [/quote]

But who is enforcing these expectations in your real life? I don’t even know what intensive parenting means! (And I have two kids). [/quote]

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