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[quote=Anonymous]I actually feel like this attitude has gotten better over the years. I have 2 kids with a larger age gap (2014/2019 babies) and I had some problems getting pregnant the first time so I was in pregnancy and TTC spaces online and following that discourse since roughly 2012(!) And the trend has definitely moved away from the extreme attachment parenting (remember all that???) of the late 2000s through mid to late 2010s to a more balanced approach. Some of the same dumb stuff remains, there’s the same number if not more anti-vaccine people. Thanks Covid. But if you had a kid before about 2017 you were in the trenches with some of this nonsense and you remember. The extreme focus on breastfeeding exclusively, the people who collected the expensive baby wraps and were into baby wearing as a hobby, the cloth diaper collectors, etc. etc. You can literally see the change in attitude on here, I can’t remember the last time I saw a “breast is best!!!!” “You’re a selfish mom if you don’t breastfeed!” Post. That attitude is passé now.

There’s still weird stuff out there and a lot of anxiety around having and raising kids. But we’re at least at a point now where it’s ok to acknowledge that mom needs a break too sometimes and we were definitely not acknowledging that 10 years ago. [/quote]

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