By Monique Moore
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March 10, 2025
Parenting Messages When I became a mother there was no social media, which means there were no mommy Facebook groups, no Instagram, no Tik-Tok. Nonetheless, through parenting magazines, commercials and talk shows, we heard the messages about what it meant to be a "good parent". Gone were the days when mom or Grandma passed on the practical wisdom of the ages. One book might extol the virtues of scheduling your baby's sleep, while another book praised nursing on demand and co-sleeping. And so, the chatter was there, but it wasn't as loud and confusing as it is today.