Some many questions come to mind:
Is this a generational issue with the "me" (the Millennial) generation accustomed to praise and affirmation lacking the resilience of other generations?
Are expectations of parenting examined as a variable?
Has community support been examined as a variable?
Is 'depression" being confused with exhaustion?
Are "depression" rates the same for parents of first children as with parents of successive children?
When Shere Hite
Is this a generational issue with the "me" (the Millennial) generation accustomed to praise and affirmation lacking the resilience of other generations?
Are expectations of parenting examined as a variable?
Has community support been examined as a variable?
Is 'depression" being confused with exhaustion?
Are "depression" rates the same for parents of first children as with parents of successive children?
When Shere Hite
of The Hite Reports interviewed women and men she asked who they turned to for emotional support. Women said women and men said women. Could it be that the woman who has just given birth and is emotionally tied with the newborn is not there for the man and he has no other place to turn for support?
Is satisfaction with the experience of labor and birth a factor?
Do parents who have no experience and exposure to newborn babies have the same rates of "depression" as those with significant experience?
Is it that our harmony addicted culture has a hard time with accepting the shadow side of life and needs a fix?
Are these studies funded by pharmaceuticals with something to gain through pill manufacturing for treatment?
How does pregnancy, childbirth and parenting fit into the rhythm of life?
What's your experience?
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