How do you stop worrying about making parenting mistakes?
Constantly obsessing over perceived shortcomings and wondering whether your best efforts are actually the right approach leaves you second-guessing your decisions. This endless doubt makes it difficult to feel confident when navigating how to guide your child through different stages of growing up.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1focusing on the good they do and other sources of love and emotional supportDid this help you?
- 2realizing that perfectionist parenting is not good for peopleDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm obsessing a little (well, constantly..) about all the mistakes I am making and the areas I'm underperforming.”source ↗
“I feel like I'm doing a lot of things "wrong."”source ↗
“What do you tell yourself when you don't know if your best is the right thing?”source ↗
“Replying to see any tips as well. I feel like we did the best we could first 10 years to raise a good kid but now I want to spend next 8 raising a good young adult”source ↗
Where this came up
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