Has anyone else noticed all the fighting among moms in the news lately? Stay-at-home mom versus the working mother versus "my parenting strategy is better then your parenting strategy". It makes me really sad to see us mothers tearing each other apart, all in the name of "stopping" the mommy guilt. You see, if one side can gain enough momentum, then maybe we can tell the other side they are wrong and make ourselves feel better. What no one is saying, is that everyone feels mommy guilt. You can't be a mom without wondering if maybe you should have done things differently.
I have never liked the term "agree to disagree". If you feel strongly about something say it. Which I guess is what all the hype in the media has been lately. I have heard working mothers described as "selfish" or they "outsource their loving". Also, stay at home moms are "uneducated" or staying home is "a right wing conspiracy to keep women out of politics". Really? Why all the mud slinging people.
What is being most left out too is the fact that children are blessings. Each child is a blessing, and has the ability to increase your joy. Motherhood is not a prison.
Make a decision for what is best for your family. Embrace it. Love it. Don't feel guilty.
4 comments:
What a change of pace for the blog.
Lots of great ideas expressed..!
Here, here.
Or is it, hear, hear?
I'm never certain.
I love the way that you brought the focus back to the kids. AND the fact that you say EVERY mom has mom guilt. I think that is so true. I hate it, and don't think that it is the way God intended us to live, but here I sit, feeling guilty about this or that with the kids.
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