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Maybe it’s just me, but lately I have been rather stressed as a mom. But it’s not exactly because my kids are going psycho or that I just don’t have seven hands and 52 hours in a day to get everything done. It has more to do with being judged—constantly! It seems to me that a mom has two options. She can be viewed as the “Hypochondriac Mom”. One who worries way too much, or rather “freaks out” because she takes her child to the doctor when he is sick, wants to know when there are recalls, tries to keep up on the latest “best practice”, and washes a binky after it falls on the floor so that her child isn’t eating dirt. Option two is to be viewed as the “Careless Mom” (borderline referral to social services). This is a mom who tries to keep herself composed in crisis situations rather than “freaking out”, says to herself, “it’s okay if he eats a few Cheerios off the floor”, doesn’t hover over a toddling child and allows him to get a few bumps as he learns to walk, and basically tries to pick her battles in order to keep her sanity.


Do you find yourself saying, “Hey I do some things in both of those categories!” Me too; but unfortunately every one judging us doesn’t realize that there could possibly be a third category, something like...

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