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That's the best way I can describe it. Just neverending. Which sounds obvious but the actual experience of always having to parent, phew...

I'm not having the best day today. He's on summer break and hanging with me all day. We did okay yesterday but today it was just a domino of me feeling disappointed in myself that the house is always a mess and probably a level beyond that, like there's too much stuff to fit. But my own level of non-cleanliness has rubbed off on my kid cause there's no proper place to put his stuff. So I started cleaning then asked him to do some small tasks but I was feeling resentful for how he seems to just drop things wherever. I get it, you also got to teach them how to clean up and implement chores etc. and thus adds to the relentless grind of having to have these long term parenting plans but also try to be present in the moment and enjoy things and somehow have endless stores of patience. Today I definitely haven't. I've lost my shit and yelled and just let things domino out of control into a terrible grouchiness. I know some days suck and we get up and try again. Just wanted to get it out I guess. No advice needed. Just ranting to rant.

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[-] macncheese@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Ooh that's something to look forward to. Yea my kid's only 5. He can do so much more than he could a year ago. There was this podcast called One Bad Mother that ran for a long time and it just ended. But it was fun to listen to occasionally cause they would just share the bs they were dealing with or things they would F up and the host would always remind everyone we're all doing a great job. Sometimes just solidarity helps. I used to listen to other parenting podcasts and realize it was doing more harm than good.

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