I see a lot of hate for parents and thought I'd provide some perspective as a parent in 2023. We were expected during the pandemic to both be teachers and work at the same time with barely any energy leftover at the end of the day to then coach proper behavior, but did it anyway. This of course means we were constantly stressed. Then the pandemic kind of ends and companies had lost basically all sympathy for needing time off for kids despite the fact many kids still were only partially at school or coming home every week for a slight temperature when schools first re-opened. A lot of us had to use all our PTO on this as a result. Still no chance to recover from the insanity of being a working parent with kids home during the pandemic. We get awful parental leave in the US, which is even more important and needed with so many families needing both parents to work to get by. When kids are sick and you can't work, you're now expected to work anyway since remote work is a possibility. In addition, the nuclear family model is NOT WORKING. Two people (sometimes 1) are expected to teach kids everything under the sun. This isn't to say parents shouldn't parent to be clear, I just think a little perspective is needed on how much society has offloaded onto parents in a way that is failing everyone. We aren't robots that can keep going and going with no break. Finally the modern definition of being a good parent is INTENSE and unrealistic.