The "good enough" parent

 

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

— George Carlin

The phrase "the good enough mother" was coined by the British paediatrician and psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott in his book Playing and Reality. It is described well on the website Psychology Today and it is how mothers need to alter their parenting from a complete focus on their baby (perfect) to one that allows the baby to start to develop cognitively (good...