It's Froggy Outside (...le blog) — Motherhood

Let’s talk parental mental health today—specifically, how it holds up in the era of social media comparison.  Yep. I’ll be honest with you right away. Maybe (just maybe) this article is nothing more than a jealous rant against all the parents who flood my Instagram feed with picture-perfect family moments—pristine homes, effortlessly polished parents, and captions like “Simple family time” or “Sweet little faces” #perfectparenting #bestkidsever. For years now, I’ve been collecting mental snapshots of these beaming family selfies—miraculously captured in the brief window between a meltdown over snacks and an emergency diaper blowout. Because let’s be real: life doesn’t...