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| We judgmental moms, carefully “working” the room by ranking the horrendous-ness of all the children present… |
Yes, we modern moms shoot high. Further shout-out to my friend T, who has apparently been a significant inspiration for blog fodder as of late…I was telling her how my son recently held hellacious court at the b-day party of our favorite newly 1 yr. old friend. After first shoving the birthday boy’s gifts in his face (read practically slamming the poor baby in the head with the gifts), bring corrected, then attempting to open all of the guest of honor’s gifts, then again being corrected, then screaming/crying for a subsequent half-hour b/c he felt embarrassed for said correction…let’s just say it was a banner night for the our family and we may indeed have made a very early getaway…
Anyway, sharing some of the above with dear T and she said, “I know. We were at a party over the weekend and at least that was okay b/c my son wasn’t the worst one there–there was one kid who was even more horrible.” Stop a minute and reread that statement. Pretty awesome that we moms measure our success not by having a child who doesn’t act out, but rather by having at least one other child present in any given situation who has somewhat worse behavior…ah, the ever-shifting standards…
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Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.
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