Never a failure

I was sitting at the bar with one of my co-workers last night at training and we were sharing our fears about not having our shit together as first time moms.  We joked that somehow our girls always got fed and bathed however our fridge was usually empty and the house was probably a disaster.  She looked at me and said - how did our parents do it?  At the time I said I didn't have a clue but during class this morning I stumbled across this article about how moms can't ever fail and a light bulb went off.  Our world today is different than it was when we were growing up - especially the working world.  As full time moms and full time career women we struggle to divide our time and not feel guilty for sometimes lacking in one place or another.  You can read the entire article on Pregnant Chicken but I thought I'd share a few of my favorite highlights.

We live in a time when we can google everything, share ideas, and expose our children to amazing opportunities, but anyone that implies that they have it figured out is either drunk or lying (or both) so don’t be too hard on yourself.

Like a true skill that needs to be mastered and perfected and if we don’t get it right we think our kids suffer for it and that's hard shit to keep up with. That's not to say other generations didn't have it tough or think parenting was important, but there just wasn't the same level of scrutiny that could be liked, tweeted or instagramed all at once.