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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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      "When my kids were little, if we got home and we were all starving and cranky, I would dump them in the living room to yell for a few minutes while I went into the kitchen, got myself a drink, shoved a few crackers in my mouth, and took a moment to breathe. It was just easier to deal with them if I took a few minutes to get myself together first. My kids are ... more 
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      No-guilt mom fail: I escape when the kids are cranky (or I am)
      "When my kids were little, if we got home and we were all starving and cranky, I would dump them in the living room to yell for a few minutes while I went into the kitchen, got myself a drink, shoved a few crackers in my mouth, and took a moment to breathe. It was just easier to deal with them if I took a few minutes to get myself together first. My kids are older now, but I'm the same. If I'm tired, I take a nap, I don't care what the kids are doing. If I get some sleep, I'll enjoy them more when I wake up." - Amy Oztan of Selfish Mom less 

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