Lindsay Powers, YOU CAN'T F*CK UP YOUR KIDS

Lindsay Powers, YOU CAN'T F*CK UP YOUR KIDS

Lindsay: It's an eye-catching title. It's provocative because I wanted to start a conversation. I think that parents are under so much pressure to be all the things to everyone, especially mothers, but everyone. I'm really proud that my book doesn't just speak to moms. It speaks to all different kinds of families and all different kinds of caregivers and family setups. I had two motivations to writing this book. I've been a journalist for a long time, specifically covering science and health and culture. When I was judged -- I opened the book talking about a woman calling me disgusting for breastfeeding my then ten-month-old at a pizza shop in Brooklyn. I just felt like, what the heck? C'mon, we're all in this together. Chill. You kind of have that feeling like you can't win. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't. You breastfeed too long, you're a weirdo. You don't breastfeed enough, you're a bad mom.