Mayim Bialik flushes out the truth behind 'sh**tty parent syndrome' in her podcast's new episode
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Mayim Bialik is again talking about parenting technique and audience is all ears. In the latest episode of 'Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown', the ‘Jeopardy!’ star hosted Carla Naumburg, PhD, LICSW to have a candid discussion on a taboo topic which they called “sh**ty parenting”.
Bialik and Naumburg talked about the helplessness the parents often feel when they prioritize themselves once in a while. When they feel they are not taking good care of their children, as Naumburg said, “When you start talking about yourself as a sh**ty parent it's like you're just on this crap highway to nowhere and there's no way to get off,” the parents tend to feel like a “sh**ty parent.”
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They further explained the term in their discussion by saying, “Sh**ty parent mode or shitty person mode,” is feeling “something is wrong with me, I need to fix it. I need to go on the internet and find the self-care article. I need to find the expert I need to read the book and I need to start training for a marathon.”
However, they opined, there is no such thing as “sh**ty parent.” Naumburg concluded, “It's because either like we're sh**ty parents or we haven't like worked hard enough to find the expert that's going to fix them and if we haven't done that we better have a damn good story about how hard we tried we called everybody and I would like to also acknowledge this is a super classist thing I'm saying right now.” To her speech, Bialik agreed wholeheartedly.
Mayim Bialik’s parenting technique
Bialik, who has a PhD in neuroscience, is a mother-of-two. She shares two sons with her ex-husband Michael Stone, Miles and Frederick. has often come under internet scrutiny for her controversial parenting techniques. She is a vocal supporter for “attachment parenting” as she said once in Anderson Cooper's program about the approach. "I think a lot of people hear this term and think a lot of things, that there's some attachment parenting police, that if you have a C-section, you're out,” she said at that time, according to Amomama. In such a parenting style, breastfeeding one’s child, co sleeping with them are common.
Bialik is a stern spokesperson for breastfeeding also. She once posted on her Instagram raising awareness for the same. She wrote during the time, “Happy Breastfeeding Awareness Month! I breastfed both of my sons literally everywhere: subways, supermarkets, restaurants... here's a private sweet breastfeeding moment between me and my Little Man. Shout out to @thebump 's #boobolution to promote normalizing breastfeeding everywhere!”
For the same post and subsequent other posts, the ‘Blossom’ actress received a lot of flak. She once addressed the criticism by saying, "Our culture has a very, very bizarre relationship with breasts. Breastfeeding is not a sexual act. It's an intimate act, and that makes some people uncomfortable, but it's completely normal to have all of the human hormones that are released when you breastfeed regulating your relationship with your child," she told Huff Post before adding, "Breastfeeding is not a sexual act."
'That's your opinion and it's a dangerous one'
One listener commented on Instagram, “I will agree with most of this; however, what if your parents never wanted a child in the first place and didn't care that the child knew? I've seen this numerous times and it breaks my heart for those children.” Another said directly, “10 + years in childcare, sorry to disagree but some people should not be parents.” Another wrote a lengthy post to criticize the parenting technique, “It's a too kind defence for parents!!! And what about those parents that do not want to search for that information? Don't want to learn parenting? There is so much accessible information about good parenting nowadays!!!!! When you love your children and you want only the best for them you become more curious to learn more about how you can improve yourself and your parenting skills!”
While another commented, “There is definitely such a thing as "sh*tty parenting." You can be a terrible parent, regardless of your goals. Your actions can and do *directly* affect those you are guiding towards adulthood, even negatively." "Intent is not the same as impact. You need to find that 'off ramp' before you bring another life into the chaos,” said someone else. Commenting on the discussion, a listener said, “That's your opinion and it's a dangerous one imo. Not because you want to offer a way for a person to change their behavior but because ALLLLL that."
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