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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 ...
more Photo by: flickr/Hades2k
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
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