How To Cope With Parenting Guilt (Knowing It Will Never Really Go Away)

If you’re stuck together, at least put it in the back seat.

Adelina Vasile
Baby Steps In Big Shoes

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Parenting is like cooking without a recipe.

You mix love, values, lessons, and experiences, cross your fingers and pop your tray into the world’s oven. 👶🏻

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A few years later, you’re hoping to get out a… well-baked smart cookie: golden around the edges, holding its shape but with just the right amount of give in the center.

Meanwhile, as you watch through the oven’s glass and pray your child will turn out okay, you can’t help but wonder if you’re doing enough.

Coping with guilt as a parent is tough.

I hope what you’ll read next will give you the trust that you’re doing your best, and your cookie will turn out okay. Read on to see how others feel and…

✔️How parenting guilt impacts mental health.

✔️What strategies work for overcoming mom or dad guilt.

✔️Why accepting imperfections is the best gift you can give yourself and your child.

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Adelina Vasile
Baby Steps In Big Shoes

Mother, educator, journalist, copywriter. I write about the things I need to learn myself.