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    The Exacting, Exhausting Expectations of Parenting Today

    December 28, 2018
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    If the expectation is for moms to breastfeed exclusively, make their own baby food and always be playing with, reading to, or watching their kids, something is wrong.

    Not with those activities, with the expectation. Discuss! (Here, at Let Grow.)

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    Photo from Unsplash by Oleg Sergeichik@kpebedko_o.

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    2 Comments

    1. tres english on December 29, 2018 2:06 pm

      I presume the assumption is that the might be kidnapped.

      We know this is rarely the case. Does anyone have authoritative statistics on relative vs stranger abductions?

    2. Kelly on December 29, 2018 2:36 pm

      I also presume he might bw kidnapped, I’ll hover on to read the full article

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