Suzanne Harrington: Stop trying to be a 'perfect' mother — here's why it's bad for you and the kids

With Trump back in the White House and ‘traditional wives’ dominating our social media feeds, Suzanne Harrington looks at how ‘the perfect mother’ has evolved through the years

Attempting to be a perfect mother is not only terrible for kids, but terrible for women too

What's your parenting style — helicopter, drone, snowplough, free-range, tiger? They’re all terrible.

Drone parenting is like helicopter parenting, but worse, because you’re hovering even closer overhead, hyper-focused on your children, micro-managing every aspect of their lives. Suffocating their ability to risk-assess for themselves, and creating chronic co-dependence.