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@markinsydney I love that the answer is to ignore them but it would be so hard for me not to die laughing

@wren84 I second this. I’m a medical professional myself and medical professionals from the other side of the world actually push for cosleeping/bedsharing so I’m going to do what’s best for my family and what’s instinctual to me—even if it means protecting myself from the “expertise” (aka...

@clemdawg Are you kidding!? That’s freaking amazing! The first few weeks are the hardest for me always.

@cameronb67 This is the thing. I honestly have no experience on having no village and therefore don’t have much advice. But I think getting overwhelmed and showing emotions is imperative in raising empathetic kids too. You just gotta take accountability for your actions and show them that, as a...

@hocdmonster Oh yes, I’ve seen a few of my Jamaican peers also employ the detached parenting style (but always it’s to save mom’s sanity, looks different for everyone for sure). But that’s what bothers me, is when people make you feel less than when you follow attachment parenting. Like what? My...

@norsemen Oh trust me there are very toxic parts to Filipino parenting, but that’s a different post 🤫 this was the positive parts of parenting. Although I gotta say my parents did an awesome job for the most part of breaking the cycle of toxic Filipino parenting too!

@hoasenphat The last two sentences are absolutely right!!! 🙌🏼👏🏼

@harveyg You know what, I never looked at it from this perspective—that predominantly White cultures have had the luxury to afford “help” for many generations and therefore it was the norm for them to not “coddle” their children. I wonder if there’s been a study on this and how it could affect...

@chrishiee Yes! From my background in health sciences, I had to take a few psych courses here and there. Predominantly, I got the sense that most of my professors (for good reason) suggested that attachment parenting would be one of the best ways to parent. Even though they didn’t directly say...

@chrishiee Right!? My hope is for my kids to eventually do the same (look back at their upbringing and know that despite the ups and downs, they will never doubt that they were loved and cared for). It’s so foreign to me that people in the West even have this term “attachment parenting” as a...

Disclaimer: This post is based purely on anecdotal evidence and I have no research links in support of why attachment parenting is "better" than any other parenting style. I am simply recounting my childhood and how I came to the realization that following in my parents' parenting footsteps was...