"Boom. The minute you become a parent, the pressure is on. For perhaps the first time in your life, you feel that now you need to do everything right. The fear of making a mistake has never been so prominent. When you know that you are going to become a parent, you feel the pressure to follow the recommendations and advice of all your friends, family, and even the strangers at the grocery store. I call this the beginning of the pressure trap."
"For many parents, this type of thinking occurs as soon as they find out they will be having a baby. You begin to look at the events around you with a new outlook. Not only are you more aware of the families you see at every restaurant, grocery store, or social event, but you're also more attentive to the onslaught of commercials and media that target new parents. You also become inundated with the anecdotes, stories, and advice from most of the people you encounter."
New parents immediately encounter intense pressure to do everything perfectly, creating a pressure trap driven by recommendations from friends, family, and strangers. Expectant parents become hyper-aware of other families and targeted media, and they receive abundant anecdotes, books, and advice claiming to optimize pregnancy and child development. That pressure fuels fear of mistakes and a perceived need to follow every suggestion. Parents should recognize that parenting is imperfect, focus on what makes sense for their family, accept help and advice when useful, and ignore advice that does not fit their values or circumstances.
Read at Psychology Today
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