‘Baby brain’? ‘Fussy eater’? By dispelling such myths, science is taking the shame out of parenting 

Most childcare advice is simply opinion represented as fact. Research based on data and evidence is the liberation we need

A new study suggests if your child is a fussy eater, it may be largely genetic, rather than a result of your terrible parenting.

There are few areas in parenting more fraught with anxiety than feeding children. But a new study suggests if your child is a fussy eater, it may be largely genetic, rather than a result of your terrible parenting. For parents with children who shun their greens, this may come as a relief.

Even if a study like this one won’t help me persuade my children to eat more vegetables, I can’t get enough of good scientific reports when it comes to issues around motherhood, parenthood and childhood. They can be a soothing poultice in a world of feverish ideology and myth — and with a long history of mother-blaming.