Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.
Let’s reserve judgment for people who beat their children, sell their daughters into prostitution, or deny women the right to make decisions about their bodies and their lives.
I think neuroscience is obviously very esoteric, but I think there are aspects of it that can absolutely be brought down to the level of an interested 11-, 12-, 13-year-old easily.
I’m definitely on the spectrum of socially awkward.
I’m generally intimidated by adults.
I get maybe four hours of sleep a night. I’m a little bit crazy.
I have a neuroscience background – that’s what my doctorate is in – and I was trained to study hormones of attachment, so I definitely feel my parenting is informed by that.
My first son didn’t really take a bottle, and I didn’t like giving bottles.