You Are a Good Mom

I want to tell all of you moms out there something very important today.

You are a good mom, a good parent, a good caretaker. You are good. You are good at taking care of your children.

I am saying this because I heard from so many women yesterday about our podcast and Substack where we talked openly with more “traditional” moms who stay in the home. Some of you felt guilt and shame and YOU SHOULD NOT.

Back in the early days of being a new mom during the crazy muck of having a newborn for the first time someone much older and wiser who had already raised three children and sent them off to college, gave me some advice that I think about a lot.

She said: If you're worried that you're not a good enough parent, then you're already doing a good job, because bad parents don't worry about it.

If you're questioning yourself, if you're saying, “I feel guilty, I feel shame, I feel like I'm not doing enough,” then you are definitely doing enough. You're good at this.