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    7 Mom Fails I Refuse to Feel Guilty About

    I let my kids watch TV for hours on end on Sunday mornings, just so I can do things like actually take a shower without someone banging on the bathroom door. The TV thing is surely not doing much for our children's brains, but I refuse to feel guilty about this. Like many mothers, I have parenting things I feel guilty about, including school trips I can't go on because I'm working or those times when I space out on stuff like buying the poster board my daughter needed for a class project. But there are also plenty of so-called fails that I refuse to feel badly about, too. Check out these 7 mom fails I (and other moms!) refuse to feel guilty about: - By Ellen Seidman

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      No-guilt mom fail: I don't do birthday parties
      "I've never thrown my kid an actual birthday party and I don't feel the least bit guilty. Her birthday is 11 days before Christmas and i don't think it's fair to other parents to have to fit a birthday party into their holiday schedule, nor is it good for my own sanity. Don't get me wrong, I still make her birthdays outrageously special, but without the goodie bags ... more 
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      No-guilt mom fail: I don't do birthday parties
      "I've never thrown my kid an actual birthday party and I don't feel the least bit guilty. Her birthday is 11 days before Christmas and i don't think it's fair to other parents to have to fit a birthday party into their holiday schedule, nor is it good for my own sanity. Don't get me wrong, I still make her birthdays outrageously special, but without the goodie bags and houseful of strange kids." - Casey Mullins of Moosh in Indy less 

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