Not all of course. I've known a few who took the experience a bit more meekly, and had it in them to experiment with the new status quo for example by listening to what the father of the child had to say.
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I like to think I was one of those, but that just turned the other mothers into jackals, and made my husband afraid to say anything at all. I was always looking to others for the right way to do things. I made a lot of mistakes doing that. Schooling, and whether or not your child can perform at that level (low bar there, those who can squelch themselves almost entirely are seen as successful), has a whole lot to do with what others think of your parenting. I wish I had home schooled now. And stayed away from doctors. That's another place we are judged, by doctors. So friends, doctors, and school personnel tell us what to do and we are expected to ignore any red flags that come up in ourselves. Oh dear you've gotten me going.
Ha, yes. The list of stern authority that fades with experience. The first six years of my life was travelling years of my parents, so I never really had the feeling of belonging to any tribes outside my family. So I sort of winged it, were sceptical and have always been bad at mingling and networking. Probably the reason that a net-based pseudonym has been my main art project for years.