This most-expensive cereal has the best nutrients for toddlers. Don't use that stroller, it got recalled. You don't have a weekly play date set up for your preschooler? That could be bad for their social development. What summer camp is your kiddo doing this year? Oh, you haven't signed up yet? Good luck!

Moms and dads are bombarded daily with dos and don'ts regarding how to raise their kids, and parent groups − while healthy opportunities for social connection for some − can be breeding grounds for comparison and confusion. And that's without the politics of who gets invited to the birthday parties or moms' night out.

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Just ask Disney Channel alum Ashley Tisdale.

The "High School Musical" star wrote about her so-called "toxic" mom group in a personal essay for The Cut, published on Jan. 1.