Into the Mama Mind

Good morning friends! In line with keeping life real today's post is about that...I'm sure it isn't just me who sits down at the end of the day and realizes that x, y, & z didn't get done that day. Yesterday was rough - my Facebook post left out the bad mom actions...

I'm sure I shouldn't even be talking about it here - so I'm not going into details...and this isn't about "oh poor me" time either. This post is about separating the protective mama bear from the what is best for the kids... Yesterday protective mama bear spoke out of turn & then regretted it all night. This regret led to overindulgence...and now this morning a headache! LOL

So here's the deal - one of the hardest things to do as a parent is to watch your children hurt. This hurt is character building - the hurt makes them stronger...blah, blah, blah... IT HURTS THE PARENTS TOO!!! The trick here is to share your parent hurt with the other parent or your close trusted parent-friend...and not with the kid (yesterday I shared with the kid...I was out of line). I am so proud of my kids (most of the time!) They have been hurt, but kids are resilient...they hop back up after a little wound licking.

So...what do we teach our children about how they treat others? are they sending other kids home to their parents hurting? are they leaving out others? are they filling other kids' heads with negative junk on other kids causing them to be left out? Oyi....so many thoughts...so much responsibility... having a kid on that side - yep been there, done that... being the kid on that side... yep been there, done that... how do I teach my kids not to cause that?

But...at the same time... don't let others walk all over them... stand up for themselves... call people out on their BS actions... but still be part of the team... but still be kind... SO much...

Parenting is the hardest and most rewarding job to be given...No matter how you became a parent (biologically, step, foster, adopted, whatever!) ... you've been blessed with the responsibility of turning these little people into decent humans... what you say and do is what they will say and do...they will NOT do as you say and NOT as you do...

Good Luck! And I'm sorry if my kids or I have caused the hurt for your kids or you... I'm still a work in progress too =/