Women in pink pantsuits and floral, ankle-length skirts dropped their spoons into their empty Chobani yogurt cartons and opened their phone cameras as Becky Kennedy began her keynote speech at the Mom 2.0 Summit on April 17.
Kennedy, a clinical psychologist and mom of three, needed no introduction in this crowd of mothers, caregiving brand reps and parenting influencers who gathered in Austin, Texas, to talk all things content creation, business building and motherhood. Kennedy's parenting platform, Good Inside, has more than 100,000 paid users and her Instagram page has 3.4 million followers. If you’re a parent of kids between the ages of 2 and 8, you probably know "Dr. Becky." She’s recently expanded into preteen, teen and baby parenting territory, further growing her following.
Wearing a baby pink cardigan and silky skirt, Kennedy looked out into the audience and spoke the words many parents think but few utter aloud: "Being a parent is remarkably inconvenient."
She talked about the illusive and unhelpful idea of a "perfect parent" (which doesn’t exist, she noted) and said that – despite her millions of followers and daily posts – she doesn’t care much about being liked.
The room hung on her every word.
