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Feeling inadequate: a more common emotion than you think
Nobody is born a parent, you become a parent.
Psycho-emotional area
For each phase
from -9 to 3 years
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It happens to everyone that they feel 'not enough' as parents. It's normal: parenting is a journey, not an exam. Sometimes it is enough to talk about it with other families or with a midwife to discover that you are not alone, you are not alone.
Social expectations and perfect online role models increase the pressure. But every family has its own pace, its stumbles and its resources. If the sense of inadequacy becomes heavy, asking for help is an act of care, not of failure.