Your advice is pretty good in this era of let's forgoe naps for food, parent sleep deprevation, being paranoid about leaving your kids in the car, the stress and cost of keeping them clothed and keeping them clean when appearances mean nothing and you need diapers. That doesn't even address church and the issues that crop up there. A Catholic study group suggested. Give parents a break. They made it to church. And on the downside of jr.'s screaming, they made it to the market. If you really want to help
society, cut the judgement. People who don't haven't given birth should practice humilty and try fostering an Alaskan child. That would be more helpful than Johnny come lately volunteer parenting. Such meaningful helpers may be percieved as sickos. Most parents are good people who are just trying to put food on the table.