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relaxed baby held in someone's arms, with many different people's hands placed on him or her.

Why is parenting so hard?

It wasn’t until I had a child that I understood some very important things about how our society works.  Even small things can make parenting hard – somebody was going to mind your child for a couple of hours but did not turn up.  But for a long time, powerful forces have lined up in a way that would make parenting difficult for most of us, no matter what our circumstances are…

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