Comments on: ‘good’ mommies don’t blog in their underwear http://fridayplaydate.com/good-mommies-dont-blog-in-their-underwear/ entirely true, but exaggerated for comic effect Mon, 21 May 2012 11:18:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Susan http://fridayplaydate.com/good-mommies-dont-blog-in-their-underwear/#comment-163 Susan Fri, 29 Jul 2005 04:07:00 +0000 http://fridayplaydate.com/good-mommies-dont-blog-in-their-underwear/#comment-163 Everyone listen to SNMartha and read the Mommy Myth--read it, I say! And then pick up a copy of The Perfect Parent Handbook (sort of a Preppie Handbook for parents, with that same dry wit).<br/><br/>Yes, Hausfrau, this IS your can of worms, but I'm glad you popped the top. Start passing those martinis around and it will all be JUST FINE.<br/><br/>Seriously, though, the whole idea of who is (and is not) a 'good' parent, and what that entails, is troublesome to me. After all, I'm doing the best I can here (as are all of you, I'm sure) and some days I rock and some days I suck and some days I wind up writing in my undies or crying in the shower or opening a bottle of wine at 4:00 pm. And other days I call my husband at work because the kids did something so fantastic I can't wait until he gets home to tell him about it.<br/><br/>But most days I just show up and go with the flow and hope everyone lives until bedtime. Everyone listen to SNMartha and read the Mommy Myth–read it, I say! And then pick up a copy of The Perfect Parent Handbook (sort of a Preppie Handbook for parents, with that same dry wit).

Yes, Hausfrau, this IS your can of worms, but I’m glad you popped the top. Start passing those martinis around and it will all be JUST FINE.

Seriously, though, the whole idea of who is (and is not) a ‘good’ parent, and what that entails, is troublesome to me. After all, I’m doing the best I can here (as are all of you, I’m sure) and some days I rock and some days I suck and some days I wind up writing in my undies or crying in the shower or opening a bottle of wine at 4:00 pm. And other days I call my husband at work because the kids did something so fantastic I can’t wait until he gets home to tell him about it.

But most days I just show up and go with the flow and hope everyone lives until bedtime.

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