Illustration by Britt Raes. A family poses for a snapshot and all their imperfections are on display: dirty clothes, yawning adolescent, mess on the floor, and so on.

Parenting, just do it

Normalizing and relativizing everyday parenting practices

Parents are bombarded with parenting advice from a hundred desirable and undesirable angles. This makes parenting seem like something you must have studied hard for, and the fear of making irreparable mistakes sometimes lurks around the corner. In this performance, we put various aspects of parenting in a different light. In this thematic improvisational theater, parenting is reduced to a normal part of life and we mainly mirror the experiences of the parents in the audience. Although sometimes magnified, with (self) relativity and encouragement as a result. Themes such as acting consistently, dealing with undesirable behavior, cooperation between educators, and of course the accompanying emotions, are extensively discussed.
This performance is heartening for the many parents who sometimes or often find themselves questioning their parenting duties.