And seriously

re: that article

Parents do struggle.

Everyone does.

And when they do, they often need help, support, etc. and they should get these things when they need them. 

but writing an article for a newspaper

is not doing those things

and pretty much the opposite of helpful or useful

and, no, not even useful for other parents

because nothing can be learned from your poor example of how to treat children like humans.

(and their experiences shouldn’t be offered as educational fodder for strangers)