Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The Guilt of a Mother

I feel guilty when..........

  • they don't eat enough
  • they eat too much
  • they eat too much junk food
  • they don't get enough sleep
  • I leave them alone to play
  • they don't know how to play alone
  • I don't spend enough time with them
  • I don't buy them the things they like
  • I buy them too many toys
  • they watch too much tv

I can't think of anymore right now but all I know is that the list is endless. As mothers we try to do our best for our kids and quite often our standards of expectations for ourselves are rather high.

I know that most mothers feel some degree of guilt over one thing or another. What do you feel guilty about? Care to share?

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7 comments:

  1. i feel guilty for not spending enough time with him. even though i hv time, i m so lazy and wanting to sleep most time...

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  2. yup...i agree with u. we are in the same boat.

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  3. littlelamb,
    Thats the most guilty feeling of all, when you have the time and yet you don't spent that time. I know that feeling well. Lol.

    ai-ling,
    The boat of guilt. Haha. It rocks Guilty when we do something or guilty when we don't do something.

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  4. I feel guilty when I leave him alone watching TV just to surf on line and I feel guilty when he asks me to play with him and I say "no" to him while I'm actually very free! :)

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  5. i plop my babe in front of the tv so i can blog.

    i check my i-phone at the playground

    i keep her in the stroller for a long time so i can get much needed errands done

    i keep her trapped in my bedroom in the morning so i can doze for an extra 30 mins

    the list is endless, isn't it?

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  6. lol. Rebecca. We all do these and then we just feel so guilty don't we. We're bad mommies! ;)

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