Last week, a Real Simple article declared that according to new research, middle school is the hardest parenting phase. While many parents of middle schoolers found this validating, it left some newer parents feeling worried.
I don't yet have middle schoolers, and I'm trembling at the thought of it. Like many of us, I have vivid memories of the slow collision of childhood and adolescence. The researchers involved in the study cite the beginning of puberty, the formation of cliques and increased academic pressure as reasons that moms of 12- to 14-year-olds are more prone to depression and high stress levels.
I get it. The stakes become higher as the specter of sex, drugs and alcohol materializes. Our kids begin to distance from us, transforming from the little people who needed us so much to not-so-little people who need us in different ways.
But I also know that new parenthood can feel overwhelming. Exhausting. Relentless. It may be one of the hardest things we've ever undertaken.
So this is for you, new moms and dads, who want to plug your ears and burrow under a blanket when you imagine parenthood getting harder.
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