It's really quite a big problem that we have in our society. Instead of villages working together to support families in raising kids we have relatives, friends, bosses etc who expect us to have the babies fitting in to our lives as quickly as possible. Instead of understanding that babies needs lots of time - frequent wakings and feeding etc - we are expected to change their natural behaviour and get on with life. Where is the realisation that raising kids is the most important thing that anyone can ever do and that parents need to be supported in this? And that raising truly healthy and happy kids means meeting their needs, not trying to change their behaviour? You have to wonder whether we would have such a high rate of depression, anxiety etc in adults today if kids were seen as less of an inconvenience when our generation was born.
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