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I Tried a Weekslong Experiment to Become a Better Mom. I Was Shocked That It Kind of Worked.

Slate Magazine·JoAnna Novak·22 days ago
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Users What could Dr. Becky possibly have to teach me that was worth the price of admission? Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Pavlo Stavnichuk/iStock/Getty Images Plus, Sergii Zhmurchak/Getty Images Plus, and Rob Kim/Getty Images for Project Healthy Minds. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. I’ve long been averse to the world of parenting advice. No Mommy blogs, no MomTok, no Momstagram for me. Though I have a 6-year-old, I mostly avoid parenting guides of all kinds. It’s like reading a book about how to write a novel: maybe useful here and there, but ultimately a poor substitute for the work of confronting a blank page and making hard decisions in real time. Isn’t trusting your intuition the goal anyway? Now, though, I’m pregnant with my second—a second boy, no less—and people have thoughts.…

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