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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was born in the 80s and both my immigrant parents worked a lot, so I was with one set of grandparents and with babysitters a LOT. I don’t actually remember my parents ever actually playing with me, but I know they read to me and bought me books and I remember going out for pizza and snacks with my mom. The big  treat was going grocery shopping because we were always allowed one small treat. I remember playing with other kids and running around outside with just kids and no adults for hours. On weekends we visited close uncles and aunts and cousins.

I sometimes cringe and have to catch myself from spoiling my 3 year old only child. I SAH and we make 200k so not scraping by but not very very well off. I try to limit trips to Target and Dollar Store and I make a point of saying no when we could financially afford to say yes. I try not to be that mom who makes A Starbucks trip every day. We have zero family in the area and go to a large church and we aren’t very close to any other families/friends so I often worry my child is missing out on the “village” aspect of childhood I had. [/quote]

Oh and I think social media/oversharing/anxiety and wealth/education are huge factors. Both DH and I visit our working class neighborhoods in the Midwest and other parts of the country and parenting is much closer to how we grew up and not how it tends to be in our area here. [/quote]

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