What Should Parents Do When They Feel Totally Overwhelmed?
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Okay, is parenting supposed to be this hard? I, 30 female, have two kids aged five and three. I love them so much, but I also feel like they're making me so down all the time. I feel like a terrible parent. My husband has gone on holiday for a week with some friends and I've really struggled. I ended up getting so angry at my three-year-old yesterday because she asked me to take her to the toilet three times whilst I was trying to eat my dinner. I know it's not her fault if she needs the toilet, but I was so tired and I wanted to eat my dinner in peace and I felt terrible afterwards. I really miss my pre-child life. Everything was so much easier and I was happier. I'm so stressed and tired all the time now.
Even trying to get them to go to bed in the evening is such a battle. Sometimes I just want to leave and have my freedom back. Does everyone feel like this? Or am I just not supposed to be a mum? British. I'm picking up on British from whilst and mum. So that's my... No, I'm really good at these kinds of things. Okay. Well, I can answer the last question. You're supposed to be a mom because you are a mom. So that solves the riddle. If you're a parent, you don't need to sit around thinking, was I supposed to be a parent? Well, you are. You are. So yeah, you're supposed to. In fact, most people are supposed to be parents. So you're doing a thing that billions of people have done before you. It is the basic path that almost everybody follows.
And most of the people who don't follow that path, it's only because they weren't able to for one reason or another. So yeah, you were supposed to. And as to your other question, does everybody feel like this? Well, if by like this, you mean occasionally frustrated, stressed out, irritated, sure. If you mean wanting to be able to eat a meal in peace, again, sure, definitely. But if you mean like pining for your childless past, constantly missing the times before you had kids, sort of wishing that you weren't a parent. Well, no, not every parent feels that way. I know that because I don't feel that way. And so that's one parent who doesn't. And I think there are many millions more in my camp. And I'm not saying that to make you feel bad.
What’s the mom’s Reddit confession about feeling overwhelmed by parenting?
Is that because I'm a better person than you? No, almost certainly not. You could easily be a better person than me. That wouldn't be hard to do. Very low bar. It's not about that. But as a parent myself with two of our six who are now teenagers, I certainly get annoyed with my kids, but I really do deeply enjoy being a parent. And I don't miss at all the days of not being a parent. But I enjoy it now more than I did, say, 10 years ago.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
How does Matt introduce the episode and sponsors before the life-advice segment?
0:00–3:30
2
What’s the mom’s Reddit confession about feeling overwhelmed by parenting?
3:30–8:08
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Why does Matt say 'you're supposed to be a parent' and how does that answer self-doubt?
8:08–14:31
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How can new parents grow into parenting and reduce frustration over time?
14:31–26:31
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