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How perfectionist parenting standards create shame in mindful communities

I have been in this mindful parenting group for six months and every time I admit to yelling at my kids someone shares how they never raise their voice and I feel like a failure at conscious parenting.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The idealization of perpetual equanimity is creating impossible standards that shame normal human reactions to parenting stress.

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