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[โ€“] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 75 points 3 weeks ago (35 children)

So why are mothers expected to just figure things out on their own? We humans have women living way past fertile age because they were important for children, and suddenly we decided we don't need grandma's help passing along generational knowledge and helping first time mothers. Grandma/Grandpa are supposed to be free and focus on helping the parents so they learn and don't make mistakes because they don't know anything.

And community too. It's so isolated. Makes me sad, and afraid to have children.

[โ€“] dariusj18@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

In my experience, it's not so much everyone needs to figure it out for themselves. It is filtering through invalid opinions and non-applicable information.

It's the same reason it is so hard being a doctor, "Oh, your baby is crying? Here's a few thousand things it could be, and tomorrow, it will probably be a different reason."

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