Bunmi Laditan has been pushed to breaking point over which vitamins to buy her kids. Photo: Facebook/Bunmi Laditan

A viral Facebook post from writer and blogger Bunmi Laditan, has perfectly highlighted the way that too much information can overwhelm parents.

Laditan took to Facebook after searching online for children's vitamins.

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"Being a modern parent is terrible," she wrote.

"I'd give my left tit to have parented in the 70s or 80s when all you had to do to be considered a good mom is to remember to wind down the windows when you smoke in the car."

She then explained that having discovered the "gummy" vitamins she has been giving her children are actually "sugary trash that cause leprosy and ADHD." In an effort to find the best vitamins available she then spent 45 minutes trawling the Internet to compare and evaluate.

"I've been comparing children's vitamins, reading online reviews, and, inflammatory blog posts backed by no science that I both fear and respect," she wrote.

Faced with the prospect of spending hundreds of dollars on vitamins, Laditan then recalls her own childhood.

"Do you know what vitamins I had growing up?" she wrote. "NONE. DAYLIGHT WAS MY VITAMIN."

Laditan continued: "Nothing about modern parenting is simple and it irritates me. I've seen the way some parents look at me when I give my son a juice box at the park. It's juice, not Red Bull or margarita mix so calm down..."


"Because in 2016, you don't really love your kids if you're not a paranoid mess about their physical well being and willing to spend a small fortune on dye-free toothpaste made in the woods that tastes like elderberry and privilege."

The post struck a chord with Laditan's followers who took to the comments to share their own stories of information overload.

"I spent hours and hours on the internet obsessing over baby crib mattresses and wall paint that don't release toxic fumes. I was just sure my kid was going die of SIDS if I picked the wrong thing. My anxiety did not help the situation at all," wrote one commenter.

"I've always said that mothers have it hard these days. When you think about it, us modern mothers have so many things to worry about. I'm scared my kid might have to grow up under martial law and race Wars," wrote another.

"I'm surprised that when you have babies they don't just hand out Xanax."

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What do you think? Do you wish you could have raised your kids in simpler times? What frustrates you most about being a modern parent?