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    Is OAD becoming more common in part because parenting is harder now?

    @antiscientology Exactly. I'm super greatly we can visit without much hassle, but it doesn't change my day to day.
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    Is OAD becoming more common in part because parenting is harder now?

    @mikecrb I don't think things like in the Twitter thread have made parenting any harder. I think the two biggest factors are cost, and the lack of supports. With so much mobility now to move cities or even countries for school, jobs, partnership, or even recreation, we are so much less likely to...
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    Is OAD becoming more common in part because parenting is harder now?

    @maurothecatholicninja1 I know two families who each have two neurodivergent children (all ASD, with some ADHD and sensory processing issues here and there) and my heart just breaks for them at times, I really see them struggle.
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    Is OAD becoming more common in part because parenting is harder now?

    @cmurawski This is a really excellent point. Plus, even a generation or two ago, in farming areas families deliberately had a bunch of kids so they'd have farm labour.
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    Is OAD becoming more common in part because parenting is harder now?

    @josh_r12 Haha, I knew it too! Ontario here. Family is near-ish (1-2 hours away, mostly) so we have it reasonably good, but I still don't have the support most people did a generation or two ago.
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    Challenging my doctor’s potentially old school advice on solid food for baby

    @seditthis Unfortunately in most parts if Ontario there aren't nearly enough doctors to go around, so 'shopping' for a new doctor is not likely an option.
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