Modern Parenting! Is Parenting Harder Now than in the Past? Are Today's Parents Trying Too Hard? Is There Something Parents Are Afraid of? Should We Look to the Tiger Mom for Solutions?

The Best Paragraph I've Read: The time parents spend in the presence of their children has not changed much, but parents today spend more of it doing hands-on child care. Time spent on activities like reading to children; doing crafts; taking them to lessons; attending recitals and games; and helping with homework has increased the most. Today, mothers spend nearly five hours a week on that, compared with 1 hour 45 minutes hours in 1975 — and they worry it’s not enough. Parents’ leisure time, like exercising or socializing, is much more likely to be spent with their children than it used to be. While fathers have recently increasedtheir time spent with children, mothers still spend significantly more. This paragraph comes from the New York Times.  The article is titled: "The Relentlessness of Modern Parenting."  The story is written by Claire Cain Miller.  You can read the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/upshot/the-relentlessness-of-modern-parenting.html Zac and Don are joined by their wives to discuss parenting and how it may or may not be different from the past.  Are parents today working harder and feeling more stressed out?   The group also references the following articles and books: The Atlantic: There's a Better Way to Parent: Less Yelling, Less Praise https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/03/hunt-gather-parent-timeless-advice-for-modern-parents/618172/ Book: iGen https://www.amazon.com/iGen-Super-Connected-Rebellious-Happy-Adulthood/dp/1501151983 Book: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hymn-Tiger-Mother-Chua/dp/0143120581