Thank you. We are constantly guilting parents about everything -- it's tiresome. A friend of mine was distraught when she decided to stop breast feeding and t

Thank you. We are constantly guilting parents about everything -- it's tiresome. A friend of mine was distraught when she decided to stop breast feeding and to move to formula for a host of reasons (pain, difficulties meeting other demands, etc.). But the media has propagated this meme that using formula is so much worse than breast feeding, when there's no solid evidence that is the case. [1] Making parents feel terrible about all of these unmet expectations of being the perfect parent is actively harmful for their mental health. Guilt-ridden parents aren't good for anyone. It's the parenting equivalent of young people comparing their lives to the fake lives they see on Instagram -- holding themselves to an impossible standard. 1. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/everybody-calm-down-about-breastfeeding/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/everybody-calm-down-abo...