True Confessions of a First Time Mother
There are some mistakes the Diaper Diva has made she wouldn't want her family and friends to know about. They would make me change my pen name to something a little less flattering if they knew about the time I left Hendrick sitting on our riding mower. I didn't switch the mower to first gear when I got off and it rolled backward across the yard. I turned my head away for one minute and the next minute my son is crashing into the picnic table!
Before you call DYFS, rest assured that Hendrick wasn't hurt. Maybe a little bewildered that mom finally let him drive, but not hurt.
If I have anything else to get off my chest -- or feel the need to locate parents who make mistakes much graver than mine -- I will call up a few new Web sites that allow mothers to anonymously admit their mistakes. (After all, I have a reputation to uphold on this site.)
According to a Reuters online story, one of those tell-all sites, truemomconfessions.com, offers an online posting board that also allows mothers and fathers to air their grievances about in-laws, lament their diminished sex lives and share stories about misdeeds that child welfare officials wouldn't find very amusing.
You won't exactly get good parenting tips on these sites:
"The 'new parent' website, Offsprung.com, includes parental tales of dropping children and doping them with Benadryl while on Babble.com, one mom reveals her secret to keeping calm with her irritable toddler -- time-outs to get stoned."
The responsibility of parenting is enormous, and we all feel like failures when we experience lapses in judgment. If it helps to know that other people are making the same mistakes - or ones far worse - read on. Maybe some of those startling admissions will make you realize that you are a better parent than you think.
Here's the link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaTechnology/idUSIndia-30342120071105
Before you call DYFS, rest assured that Hendrick wasn't hurt. Maybe a little bewildered that mom finally let him drive, but not hurt.
If I have anything else to get off my chest -- or feel the need to locate parents who make mistakes much graver than mine -- I will call up a few new Web sites that allow mothers to anonymously admit their mistakes. (After all, I have a reputation to uphold on this site.)
According to a Reuters online story, one of those tell-all sites, truemomconfessions.com, offers an online posting board that also allows mothers and fathers to air their grievances about in-laws, lament their diminished sex lives and share stories about misdeeds that child welfare officials wouldn't find very amusing.
You won't exactly get good parenting tips on these sites:
"The 'new parent' website, Offsprung.com, includes parental tales of dropping children and doping them with Benadryl while on Babble.com, one mom reveals her secret to keeping calm with her irritable toddler -- time-outs to get stoned."
The responsibility of parenting is enormous, and we all feel like failures when we experience lapses in judgment. If it helps to know that other people are making the same mistakes - or ones far worse - read on. Maybe some of those startling admissions will make you realize that you are a better parent than you think.
Here's the link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaTechnology/idUSIndia-30342120071105
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