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- I research news stories and current events for a living. I spent the better part of today researching anxiety in children. As part of my research, I spoke to several pediatricians and children’s psychologists about the rising number of kids who experience severe anxiety. I also spoke to several people with the job title of “parenting expert.” I’ve heard this title used in the past and I find it quite interesting. I will be putting quotation marks around the term “parenting expert” for the duration of this post because I call bullshit. What the actual fuck is a “parenting expert?”
I spoke to a woman with two kids ages 19 and 16. I asked her how she earned the title of “parenting expert” and she was extremely vague with her answer. Several years of school, kids blah blah yadda yadda. All I heard was that she has one kid in college and one who just received his driver’s license. Honey, you can’t call yourself an expert. You’re just getting started! You have to make sure your college kid stays away from beer bongs and your brand new driver kid stays off of sidewalks! Call me when they’ve both graduated, found jobs, and stayed out of prison. Then I will take your “parenting expert” title seriously.
I am ending this post with a question because I really want to hear what other people think. Is “parenting expert” a real title?