"Here Are A Few Things You Can Worry Less About": Mom Starts A Thread With "Anti-Advice" For Parents

We reached out to the woman who started this conversation in the first place, Dorsa Amir, to gain more insight on the topic. First, Dorsa shared what inspired her to tweet these thoughts. "I have a toddler myself, so I've experienced the 'parenting perfectionism' pressure firsthand," she told Bored Panda. "There's so much anxiety around making sure you give your kids the best start in life, and I sometimes fall victim to it, too. The thread was half for others, and half for me to just jot down what I know about child development and the things I can worry less about. Borderline therapeutic!"

Dorsa also shared that her son is almost two-years-old, and she feels very lucky that she got to "deeply study and think about parenting and child development for years" before having a child of her own. "That background knowledge was really instrumental in helping me navigate parenthood, and allowed me to be a little more carefree about it than I would be otherwise," she explained.

We were also curious where that pressure to be a "perfect parent" comes from. "It comes from a variety of sources: our own families, the media, experts, ourselves!" Dorsa told Bored Panda. "But it's interesting to me, as someone who's trained in anthropology, because I'm able to more closely examine how these pressures and values vary across cultures, and that there isn't necessarily one 'correct' way to do it. Instead of a tall Mount Everest of parenting perfection, there's a mountain range with equally high peaks. Lots of ways to be a good parent."

Finally, Dorsa left us with some more words of wisdom, "Just continue loving and supporting your kids! You're doing great, even if it doesn't feel like it all the time."