[ijpoijpoihpiuoh]

Just more evidence that everyone parents differently. My friends hardly hear about the good stuff that my kids do. I want to talk about the grime and the shit and the speech delays and the temper tantrums. That's the stuff I feel like I need to get off my chest, when I'm afraid for their future.

[noneeeed]

We and most of the parents we know probably spend more time talking about the crappy bits of parenting than how awesome our kids are. The single best part of doing anti-natal classes was meeting a small group of people who were all going through the same kinds of stuff we were. Knowing "It's not just me" is a really big help coping with some of the tougher stuff.

We do still talk about the good stuff, but we all know they are awesome.

Thankfully most of my FB friends are pretty light on the performative parent posting. The ones who go in for that also tend to be the one who overdo the posting generally.

[waylandsmithers]

> anti-natal

probably just a typo but I thought this was a great malapropism... assuming you meant ante (as in 'before') and not anti

[noneeeed]

Hah, yes, brain-fart.

Although some of the stuff they covered in the classes would have been enough to put many off having kids if they were not already very pregnant :)