Behind every happy and great kids there are mom who have screwed up atleast once in their life. And there is nothing to be guilty about. Mom guilt is a low feeling of doing not in right way or not enough as a mom.
You should always remember, moms are human beings not robot. You should not expect error less performance from them. Moms too have their own bad days.
As soon as you become a mom, you start getting a free course on parenting. We know it very well that each child is different, so each mom has their own road to travel. One can share her experience of motherhood but can never command other mom to do in a particular way. A mom knows her kids much better than anyone else.
A mom learns each day from their own experiences. As a child grows each day and do some new activity or react to something in a different way. So a mom also learns something new everyday with their child and its fair enough if they do some mistakes. As these are the lessons they are getting from their motherhood. So there should be no place of guilt.
Being a mom is tough but that doesn’t mean we will be tough on ourselves. Motherhood is to enjoy each moment of our kids as they will never come back. We should try to make it simple rather than chasing to achieve the best mom trophy.
Two things our kids want from us not a guilt mom:
- Love
- Time
That’s it nothing more, just love them unconditionally and love yourself too. And try to keep the things simple for ourselves and for kids too. Don’t make any hard and fast rule to maintain at the cost of our mental peace.
A mom can also want a break , she can give her kids extra 1/2 hour screen time so that she can have a good conversation with her friends/relatives over phone. Sometimes she may not feel like cooking and can give ready to cook dinner meals to her kids once in a while.
A stay at home mom feels guilty of not doing enough as well as working mom feels guilty as they are not giving much time to their kids. Release the guilt and embrace your imperfection. That makes you more powerful.
There are no perfect mothers , they are the BEST MOMS for their kids.
Let’s come out of the guilt and see through our kid’s eyes who see us as SUPERMOM. Don’t try to be perfect just be amazing as you are growing an amazing kid.
Enjoy every moment of being mom, keep going mommys!!
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Comments
Yes a bad chapter in a your life does not proove that you r a bad mom….motherhood is a the only journey for which there is no clear map.each mother makes her own to reach her destinationation”her childs well being”
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Thanks 😊
Mom guilt is such a challenge, but it’s nice to remember that almost everyone deals with it to some degree. Us moms are not alone!
It’s so true – time and love are what our kids will fundamentally grow up remembering. Great post!