Recently, a Mom posted on a Facebook sell & swap page and stated “I shamefully admit that I failed at cloth diapers,” and then proceeded to list the cloth diapers she was selling.
After I read her post, I was irritated. Why are we moms so hard on ourselves? Being a parent is the toughest job in the world, and yet we are always judging ourselves by someone else’s standards.
I readily admit I raise my voice at my kids. The people downstairs and my neighbours know it. But guess what? Sometimes, it needs to be done. At 9:30 pm, it is time to go to bed, no more excuses or requests, lights out. Or sometimes it is time to put down the foam sword (which I have asked my child 5 times to do already) and put on your shoes because we need to get to school. Am I screwing up my kid (probably!), but so is the Mother down the street. There is no perfect parent, just like there is no perfect man or woman.
Every Mami has a different parenting style. And one parenting style isn’t better than the other because, at our core, we ALL love our kids. Why else would we endure labour? 🙂
I find it heartbreaking and sad that we are so tough on ourselves. There is always something we aren’t doing right. We aren’t using BPA-free dishes, making our kids eat more fruits and vegetables, spending enough time with our kids, letting them veg out in front of the iPad for too long, or letting them play the Xbox too much. You get the idea. It is never-ending.
Enough, I say!
Every day, every Mom should be patting herself on the back for a job well done. So, dear readers, I challenge you. Tweet me @weebootmom and let me know what child-related thing you will stop judging yourself on. Rant over! 🙂
