Proud to be Bad? The Recent Trends of the ‘Bad Parents’
There’s a few books coming out about ‘bad parenting moments’. The parent confessions that are usually pretty tame when you really think about it. They’re nothing to be concerned in the long run about. Which is, all things considered, not a bad thing. The confessions run the full gambit some are a bit funny, some are bad, while some just strike the reader as a bit sad. You can see many from TruuMomConfessions.com the Wall Street Journal also did a fascinating write up on the trend.
From the Wall Street Journal:
The anonymous tell-all site Truu Mom Confessions, on which the book “True Mom Confessions” is based, has compiled more than 500,000 confessions from women in two years. Its founder and the book’s author, Romi Lassally, says she started the site after her son threw up and, dreading the cleanup, she confided to a friend that she hoped the dog would eat it. The friend countered with a story of giving her daughter the antihistamine Benadryl so she’d sleep on a plane. Ms. Lassally replied by admitting she’d read her own daughter’s diary. “These are moments — we’re not necessarily proud of them but it felt good to share,” she says.
What’s with the trend anyway? As parents, there are just somethings we don’t feel okay about even if we do it all the time. The things that we may even feel guilty about saying to anyone we normally trust, under other circumstances. It feels good to get things off your chest and just put it out there, especially under the anonymity.
Knowing you aren’t alone in doing something, even if you do feel guilty about it, and finding camaraderie can make one feel a lot better.
Most parents have done something that they may regret now. Be it a feeling, or giving your child a cookie so they’ll stop screaming. Something you know you shouldn’t, but it’s easier than dealing with the behavior, it does happens. Websites and books like the above serve in showing- you aren’t alone.
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