24 Ways to Be the Happiest and Greatest Parent-A Counterintuitive List

Rachel Steinman
16 min readAug 17, 2020
Photo by Elly Fairytale from Pexels

You’ve all heard the airplane metaphor about parents putting their oxygen masks on first before helping their child. It’s a cliche for a reason because parenting can in fact suck the oxygen from you and you absolutely do need to take care of yourself first.

Parents, especially moms, aren’t always the best at taking this advice, but I’m here…

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Rachel Steinman

Host of “Dear Family,” the Podcast, Writer, Educator, and Mental Health Advocate https://writenowrachel.com/