You shouldn't expect to be perfect because nobody is.
Janalin has a young toddler, who makes a mess of everything and refuses to obey her.
Janalin wants to improve her parenting skills.
Janalin gets a parenting book and implements a little bit of it at a time.
Janalin gets a parenting book and tries to follow everything in it to the very letter.
Janalin slowly improves her parenting skills over time and doesn't stress about it.
"Janalin can't learn everything immediately and criticizes herself for being ""stupid""."