Parenting is full of twists and turns at every stage. Just when you think you've got things down, you're thrown a new curve ball that you either never saw coming or knew was coming, but still have no idea how to handle. When I had my first child, I couldn't imagine anything being harder than the newborn stage. Boy, was I wrong. The toddler years nearly did me in! And now that I'm parenting a tween, I'm not sure I'll survive these years either. But, as parents, we figure it out and persist, because what else would we do? I asked my friends to dish on what the hardest part of parenting has been for them so far just to make sure I wasn't alone. So if you need some validation that you aren't totally screwing things up (you're not, I promise), keep reading.
Moms Talk About the Hardest Stages of Parenting
21 Moms Get Real About Their Hardest Stages of Parenting, and Same
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