Sleep Training, and other unnecessary parenting worries

If I had to do it all over again, I would have never let myself near Berkeley Parents Network when I was a new mom. Sure I got a lot of great used stuff at great prices, but at the price of adding a lot of stress to my life. BPN is full of parents who are worried that they are doing the wrong thing with their kids, or that their kid is or isn't doing something.

Many parenting topics are like religion -- there are no right and wrong answers, the best approach is the one that works for the parents and the child. And while there is the occasional kid who actually has development problems, most kids are just picking up things at their own pace.

There are 2786 titles on Amazon on the topic of 'Sleep Training' and 300 titles on weaning. Interestingly, there are also 118 titles on 'Overparenting.' I have to admit that Spencer was right that kids eventually grow up on their own and that you don't have to worry too much about about co-sleeping, weaning, sleep training. I hope he's right about potty training too.