Don’t bother judging other mothers, ESPECIALLY when you’re a mom. Your going to need all the mom’s having your back that you can get!
I was chatting with a Grandmother about how over the years my self esteem as a mother has wobbled and threatened to teeter right over. She shared with me a beautiful secret.
As a young mom she too faced a regular dose of judgment on her parenting skills. Some days where worse then others but the thing that finally enlightened her to the foolishness of the judgments was the ironic twist that these same people would also point out what lovely, nice and well behaved children she had.
She often heard ‘you are too strict, one day your kids are going to rebel!’ but she heard the ‘your kids are so nice’ more often. Although one bad comment can drowned out a million positive she decided to not let that happen to her. “Fact is, no matter what you think of the mothers parenting style, if she has good kids you should keep your opinion to yourself. She is obviously doing something VERY right!”
It goes both ways, don’t do the bullies job for them and be hard and judgmental on yourself! Instead be ready to forgive yourself, if you have good kids you are doing something very right!
TTFN
words to live by.