Today, I want to share a video with you guys that honestly, I really needed to see. I’m struggling with getting the kids ready in the morning, struggling to get Mazzy to do her homework, struggling to get them to bed at a reasonable time and then once they are in bed, struggling to get them to fall asleep. There’s a lot more yelling in my house than ever before and it’s making me sad.
I start each day with the best intentions. I’m going to apply all those expert parenting tips I’ve read. I’m going to be present. Mindful. Patient.
And…then the kids wake up. Or more likely, they don’t wake up and I have to drag them kicking and screaming out of bed.
If you’ve ever completely lost your temper with your kids, blamed yourself, regrouped for after-school pickup, yelled again, started Googling parenting webinars, but then lost your shit AGAIN 87 more times before bed, you’ll appreciate this video from Cat & Nat, two mom BFFs who tell it like it is in their weekly “Mom Truth” videos.
Honestly, until I saw this video, I thought I was the only mom who seriously considered pulling my kids out of school to apologize for how the morning went.
In the end, the women give one final piece of reassurance. “Every day, you wonder who’s psychotic— them or you?” The answer? A resounding, “BOTH.”
At least we’re not alone.
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I. Love. This.
In my naive little mind I thought the baby toddler years would be the hardest and if I worked hard enough to lay good foundations I would have these lovely amazing kids who were independent, kind and responsible. Which my kids are. Deep down. Especially outside the home. But good grief why, after four years in school, do they not get putting shoes on??
I got to the point where if I saw one more post on Pinterest telling me how to stop yelling at my kids I was going to throw my phone at a wall. I would love to give my kids a peaceful home where there are no raised voices, but that would take them listening to my “quiet authority” voice. Or my regular voice. Or me.
Psychotics here. All five of us. Glad to have found our people.
Are they in my head?! Hahaha this was such a great video and it’s all the truth. I got to bed thinking tomorrow will be a better day I will do better and show them how much I love them and not yell and if my daughter needs me I’ll put the laundry down and give her my full attention especially since she’s going to kindergarten next year. I’m going to be the best mom ever! And it all goes down the drain as soon as they wake up.
But also I’d like to say that my husband thinks this way too, he gets so upset at himself when he yells at the kids and he found this video very relatable. Then at the end of the night we talk about how our kids don’t deserve to be yelled at and how we can be better parents and then they wake up at 6am and you yell at them to go back to bed lol