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The Psychological Effects of Mom Shaming
By Kelly Laporte LCPC, NCC, CADC — 2018
A trend that is unfortunately common with individuals and mothers in this generation is “Mom Shaming,” which generally speaking is criticizing a mother for making choices for her child(ren) because they differ from the choices the criticizing person would make.
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