Mommybites regular contributor, Wendy Bradford, started an important conversation amongst parents. One of the many reasons I adore and respect Wendy as a writer and a friend is her honesty and self reflection when it comes to parenting (and life). Most of the time, Wendy writes about how truly grateful and rewarded she feels to be a mom. But in this extremely candid post, Wendy wrote about her overwhelming feelings of rage that manifested once she became a parent.
Here is an excerpt from her blog, but I invite you to read the whole post. What jumped out at me from reading the comments generated from her article, were just how many moms there are out there who also experience extreme emotions around motherhood, but are too scared or ashamed to talk about them.
Rage in parenting is not something we talk about. It does not garner the empathy that sadness or apathy does. It is not passive, and it has innocent targets. There are bad parents and there are good parents, along a spectrum. The good ones have bad moments, but those don’t move outside what we can accept as “normal.” No one is perfect. We all lose it sometimes. But what happens when losing it crosses the line from frustration to rage?
Here’s to all the brave women out there who are not afraid to talk about the ups and downs of parenting.
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