Day: March 27, 2011

I know it sounds strange.  You might say, “Duh! Of course parents are people!” But many times once we become a parent we don’t accept ourselves as a real person.  Suddenly we become “mother” or “father” and are filled with “should know this” and “should do that” and/or ” should never say or do this or that!”  We put unbelievable pressure on ourselves to be perfect.  (What  a way to squelch our joy and feel like a failure!)   Most of the parents I know and love seem to suffer from too much self-condemnation. After all, it IS a huge