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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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      Every summer, my school-aged children are told to visit math websites and do umpteen 'suggested' worksheets in order to keep their minds sharp over the summer. We ignore it all. I think summertime is all about a break from school; that's the point. So far my kids haven't been at all behind come September, although I accept that one of these years, back-to-school ... more 
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      No-guilt mom fail: I let the kids totally slack during summer "
      Every summer, my school-aged children are told to visit math websites and do umpteen 'suggested' worksheets in order to keep their minds sharp over the summer. We ignore it all. I think summertime is all about a break from school; that's the point. So far my kids haven't been at all behind come September, although I accept that one of these years, back-to-school may be an unpleasant surprise. I hope not. But for now, I'm willing to take that risk, and enjoy lazy summer afternoons with my kids without having to harangue about homework even once." - Amy Wilson of When Did I Get Like This?
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