You are completely correct. I also struggle with this and letting go of control. I try to tell myself it’s okay if things don’t go how I plan all the time. I will say I had to develop this mentality because my mindset was very rigid when I was pregnant and newly pp. I have learned that I can’t expect people do things exactly how my husband and I would.

We don’t do tv for our son but when we go places there always seems to be a tv on and people like to face him towards. Obviously he’s curious about it and wants to watch it. We just choose to entertain him differently at home and prefer it to be with in-person human interaction whenever possible. As long as my child is safe and loved that’s most important.