Member-only story
I’m Over the Mom Shaming
Amidst the rampant spread of COVID-19 in our communities, some people still find time to criticize others.
If you’re a mother like me, you have undoubtedly experienced some level of mom shaming.
You didn’t breastfeed your kid. You didn’t supplement with formula. You’re not organic. You are organic. You’re not cleaning with only essential oils. You’re not wiping everything with Clorox wipes. You haven’t started your kid on a second language. You have them learning the wrong second language. You don’t socialize your homeschooled kid enough. You over socialize your kids. You are letting them play football. They aren’t involved in sports.
No matter what you do, You. Can’t. Win.
You will never be free of the glares from judgy mothers who think they know better than you about how to raise your kid.
Beginning the first day of 2020, I spent 53 hours in complete agony after my teenage daughter ran away from home. Most of that I endured in silence, afraid to socialize my suffering because of the mom shamers, inevitably filling in the reasons why my child made this choice:
“She works too much.”
“She needs a boyfriend so that kid can have a father figure.”
