It has been my personal observation that the women who have realistic expectations about parenting, and who were maybe even reluctant to have children, are often more prepared and like it much more than the women who think getting married and reproducing is the greatest thing that could happen to a person. I have two…

I live in a town with a 50% vaccination rate if not less, I can’t tell you how many times women have recommended essential oils or even catnip (fucking catnip!) to treat my children’s ills. I always tell them I use Advil and it works just fine.

The problem is that normal, “moderate’ people like you and I don’t have strong and crazy opinions about every single issue involving children. And the things we do have opinions about we mostly keep to ourselves because we’re nice, polite people and don’t feel like arguing with nutcases.