The internet broke parenting.
I’m here to fix it.
In the “good old days,” parents followed a few basic pediatrician-approved rules—send your kid to school, give them healthy food, say I love you—and felt confident that they were doing a good job raising their children.
But with social media and the internet, even the basics have become needlessly complicated.
In the end, there are millions of pieces of conflicting “advice” that lead to more confusion than clarity.
But it’s not just parents: Scientists’ and pediatricians’ understanding of childhood development and infant health is growing so rapidly that it’s difficult for even the best pediatricians to sort through a sea of emerging guidance. Who wouldn’t be overwhelmed?
I’m here to sort through it all.
As a fully boarded pediatrician, my training includes four years of medical school, three years of pediatrics residency, plus continued daily work in my clinical practice as a hospital pediatrician.
This means that it is literally my job to stay up to date on all of the data behind what experts say are the safest and best choices for parents to make for their children.
Before I became a mother, I recited pediatrician rules to parents and expected them to do everything as outlined.
But when I became a mom, my world was turned upside-down.
I immediately violated all of the very rules I had issued as a pediatrician.
I also did the unthinkable:
I started reading mommy blogs.
I understood immediately why so many parents turn to these funny and humanizing websites as their sole source of information. But the science is lacking, and the guidance can be downright dangerous.
This online information overload has made it simply impossible to sort through parenting guidance, let alone find a one-stop shop for reputable and realistic advice. Even as a pediatrician, I was simultaneously overwhelmed and unsatisfied by my parenting resources!
Becoming a mother changed me.
I’ve spent years examining the evidence, integrating data into my clinical and personal expertise, and have actual answers to these challenging questions.
No more rigid pediatric guidelines.
I now understand that having sane, happy parents is just as important as following official recommendations to the letter of the law. But there’s no need to turn to pseudoscience either.