After the tragic death of the gorilla Harambe, people immediately called the tot's mom a bad mother. But why has parent shaming become so popular in recent years?

17 year-old lowland gorilla Harambe was shot and killed after a young boy was able to get into his enclosure this past weekend. After the incident, media picked up the story after the size of the public outcry on social media was seen. Facebook and Twitter users were all seen giving their opinions on the incident and voiced whether they agreed or disagreed with the decision to put down Harambe.

Although there are some discussions about the zoo and the security of the enclosure, the majority of the public are focusing on the parents and their responsibility to take care of their child. A healthy discussion should happen out the incident, however the speculation on whether or not the mother and father have a criminal history, the people calling the mother a "criminal" and "murderer" and the people who are calling for the mother to be shot are taking it too far.

The court of public opinion may have already decided that this woman is a "bad mother."

The social media outrage shows once again how "parent shaming" has become a norm in our society. Because of the anonymity of the internet, and the "keyboard crusaders" out there, people believe that they can give their own opinion on how a mother raises her child and whether or not they believe she is a "bad mother."

Parent shaming is no new phenomenon, and Chrissy Teigen has dealt with a lot of it since her daughter Luna was born. After going out to dinner with her husband less than a week after giving birth, the court of public opinion decided to let her know that it wasn't okay. Mothers from all over the world took offense to the fact that these celebrities didn't want to stay home and bond with their newborn. Heaven forbid that a young couple go get food for an hour when you know that they are able to afford the best childcare out there. Teigen took it in stride and her husband John Legend had the best response to the online negativity.

Funny there's no dad-shaming. When both of us go out to dinner, shame both of us so Chrissy doesn't have to take it all. We'll split it

These aren't the only two occurrences of parent shaming. From the mother who wants to work and the mother who believes you need to stay at home with your child to bond properly with them. Plus don't forget the moms that believe breast feeding is necessary for bonding with your child and the mother who has to use formula, apparently no one is right.   More specifically, Australian television host Rachel Finch and her husband received harsh criticism after the public found out that they spend every weekend without their child to bond with their spouse. Their son goes to his grandmothers for the weekend while the parents get their alone time. Also there was a public bashing of Canadian journalist Rebecca Eckler when she took a vacation without her son 10 weeks after he was born.

Littisha Bates, an assistant professor of sociology at University of Cincinnati said that this type of behavior isn't surprising.

"It's really interesting to see people use social media to do something we've always been doing. But now, the reach is much wider and much less informed. We come up with rules that show what a good parent is. Once one deviates away from those norms, one is labeled a bad parent. Part of it is about control. Parents say, 'I'm a good parent because I do A, B and C.' We are increasingly becoming a society where there is no gray."

This type of behavior is simply a way for people to validate their own parenting skills, and further solidify their own thoughts that what they are doing is "best for a child." In reality, every child, home, parent and culture is different. Who are we as a society to judge how someone raises their offspring?

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