“It is producing a generation of kids with zero independence and the social skills of a brick wall.”

As a Viral Resident Writer at BuzzFeed, I cover politics, trending news, and pop culture through a lifestyle lens.

—Beaglescout15"Building social media content around your child. I don’t think people are understanding how truly harmful it is for your child to be blasted all over your media, from mental health consequences to exposing them to people who will do bad things with their image."—bonbyyo

—AggressivePicnicWasp"Sleep training, especially the 'cry it out' method...studies have shown it’s damaging to a baby’s developing nervous system."—Sweet-Permission-925

—Comfortable_Arm_7811"I gentle parented the shit out of my loving, gentle, sensitive firstborn son. He’s still loving, gentle, and sensitive, and he respects boundaries, etc. Second-born…wowwww, now that is a different story. She’s a ‘free spirit’ and the gentle parenting just…doesn’t work. I’d tell my firstborn not to run through a gate (to a busy road, I might add), and he’d hold my hand and…listen. She is heading straight for that road after a strong ‘NO.' She’s in a world of her own, and to be honest…I’m struggling. It’s changed who I am. I swore by gentle parenting the first time around, but with her…nope, it just doesn’t work!"—Huge_Distribution448

—inthemountains126"All beige nursery, toys, and clothes for ✨aesthetics✨. Young kids need bright colors for proper development."—DataTheCat