Yup. Been on both coasts, and everywhere in-between. There are a few places that are different than what I've mentioned before, but most places what I mentioned seems to be the norm.

Really?
So you've been around people who believe it's taboo to ask others for help? Who thinks that asking for help means that someone else is a bad parent? That seems hard to believe, but I guess we all have different experiences.

Also, it's not uncommon at all to ask the father to go and check on a child when they cry at night. Recently it's become much more common place for people to bottle feed children or prepare breast milk bottles before going to bed.

I have seen a lot of people who are bad parents just because they're pretty much bad people though. There's a difference between people who want support, but can't get it and those who refuse to ask anyone for support at all.

Yes, I've been around a LOT of people who believe it's taboo for the mother to seek help raising their child (most people I've been around, actually ). I've also been around a considerable amount of people who believe that raising a child should be punishment for the mother for daring to have sex (of course, I don't listen to these people at all). Yes, I'm sure there are more places than I've seen where it's acceptable for a mother to openly ask for help, but I have personally seen very few places like that.

Yes, there's a difference between people who want help but can't get it, and those who refuse to ask for help. Unfortunately (again, from my experience) it seems like mothers are practically shamed into trying to raise the child themselves.

Again, it may be different in different areas, but from my experience it seems the societal norm is that women are the sole caregivers and should be more than capable of raising a child on their own.

Those people sound very spiteful. :c
They sound like the people who don't believe in uhm, free contraception or abortions.

I now totally understand your side of the story.

The government has actually had to step up regarding contraception. Most forms are now free (more specifically, insurance companies are required to cover the cost of contraceptives). But you're definitely right about the abortions, assaults and bombings at Planned Parenthood clinics that happen to also offer abortions are far more common than they should be, and the government has actually made it so that the clinics are unable to set up "safe zones" where the "protestors" can't be (aka, right in front of all doors in and out of the clinic).

It's a very sexist society, sadly.