u/TierdChaoticMama

I love my kids deeply, but some days motherhood feels incredibly repetitive and mentally exhausting. And every time a mom admits that online, people act like she secretly hates her children.

I have twin girls and there are days where I answer 400 questions, break up 20 arguments, clean the same mess five times, and hear “mom” so much that my brain feels physically tired.

I feel like previous generations were way more honest about parenting being hard, while modern parenting culture expects moms to sound endlessly grateful 24/7.

I had a really embarrassing moment recently where one of my twin girls had a full screaming meltdown in Target because I said no to a toy, and I genuinely felt like every parent around me was silently judging me.

What messed with me more though was how quickly my brain went to “something must be wrong.” I started spiraling thinking maybe she has sensory issues, emotional regulation problems, maybe I’m too strict, maybe not strict enough, maybe too much screen time, maybe too little independent play… literally everything.

And then later in the night I realized… she’s 6. She was tired, overstimulated, hungry, and didn’t get what she wanted.

I honestly think parenting content online has made some of us incapable of seeing normal kid behavior as normal anymore.