Love your children, try your best and the rest will follow. The best advice I got on parenting (and anything worth doing, frankly!) was " start as you intend to finish"

Ok yeah, I agree with most of it. But there's stuff she says that I go: don't stop trying to improve that. Like feeding your kids popsicles for breakfast. Or for example, I sometimes swear in front of my child. I really don't like that I do that (but was myself raised that way so it's a hard habit to break). I don't think that makes you a bad parent right away, because there's tons of things that make a good parent, but that doesn't mean you can't keep trying to improve best you can. Raising kids is the hardest but also most important job you'll probably ever have.

Even worse: Some people don't have kids and still think they know better how to raise kids. Internet warriors suck. I hate people who are offended on behalf of someone else.

There are correct practices to do while parenting. Not to be "good" or "bad" mom, but to increase probability of the good results, healthy and happy children. Every clever person should try to learn as much as possible about these practices and apply them. So as for me - don't care to write such letters, ignore unwanted advices and opinions, just make correct things.

Social media rants like this one are annoying AF. Face it, everyone has an opinion about everything but its up to you if you're gonna pay any heed to it. There's really no need for you to seek your 5 minutes of fame like this. Go clean your house instead if comments about it offend you so much.

The most important thing is to love your kids . The real world is going to yell at your kids. They're going to hear swearing, they're going to eat what they want. The best parents can do is to guide them toward the best choices. They are going to touch a hot stove, when they get older they are going to make stupid choices in their effort to be independent, whatever and however we raise them. Give them a chance to make small mistakes and see that we are not perfect also so they can learn to cope with the real world

I am truly interested to see what this woman think is being a bad mom.

I love popsicles.

I havent read this post yet, but HOW DO MOMS GET JUDGED?! Good moms are the original wonder women and love their children more than the world could know. Nobody should put that expectation on a mom because they might be putting expectations on themselves!

Love all but those dam frozen icepops or whatever they go by. Hate those with a passion. I just try and get the frozen fruit with no sugar because I can eat them too, can't stand the taste of the others. I raised my 3 with judgemental inlaws, sisters and mother but still did things my way .My house was never dirty but it was messy at times with toys and laundry and dishes from baking. I didn't care in the least and still don't with the grandchildren. Although I must say I still find sticky hands gross lol

I love how people want to tell others how they should live their lives, raise their kids, and so many other things, but don't want anyone telling them what they should do. I have a good idea, how about we let worry less about what others are doing and work on our selves. This woman is raising her children how she see fit. Good for her! Screw everyone else!

June Pixeld, EXACTLY. Doesn't anybody find it worse that people are criticizing the stay at home mom who is standing up for all the moms who are getting scrutinized every day! Also, for people out there, these are not YOUR kids, if you want to try out parenting advice do it with your own, or at least somebody who will want it. Moms are working their butts off EVERY SINGLE DAY for their family, and do not need blame. This is the end of my rant and criticize if you want the only people I don't want to be are all the moms out there working their hardest. DISCLAIMER: Dads are the best also, keep up the good work guys!

Not everyone IS a good mom BUT all the things she listed are things mom are criticized for all the time - ppl need to support rather than judge. I'm not a mom and when I see moms, all I can think is HOW ON EARTH DO YOU GET THE ENERGY. So kudos to like everyone who pushed that massive watermelon out of you and those who have the energy to raise human beings! And by everyone-moms, dads, aunts, uncles!

This isn't "shutting" anything down. All this does is make me realize and see that there are people in this world who think they can parent how ever they want and call it "good" because they cant afford to give their children a healthy life.

NICE

She's not acting smart. She's emotional and childish herself. Good and bad mom are extremes. You can be a good person and still do bad things. You can be a decent mom and still make blatantly incorrect choices. Having a constantly filthy house and screaming at small children are bad things even if you are a good person. There's no reason to make excuses. Either do it or don't do it, but don't act like bad decisions are good decisions.

One word of caution... we can't give each other a pass on everything. There is a difference between snarky, judgmental high-mindedness and good old fashioned common sense and courtesy. Popsicles for breakfast? No biggie! Pacifier after the age of 3? Sometimes these things resolve on their own. Letting your 2-year-old take apart someone's living room while you chat away, oblivious to the fact that there is damage being done? NOPE. There are times when somebody's gotta chime in. Just sayin'.

..its disturbing how many people reacted on this courageous post with excactly what she asked to let go for one secound- criticism!

I'm surprised at how many people actually give a eff what others think. So much so that they feel compelled to defend themselves in public.

Some of us are still judging her here.

My first thought was: " it's like off the movie 'Bad Moms'".

doesnt matter the situation theres no excuse for kids having popsicles for breakfast

why do people not like parents who yell my parents yelled at me (not everyday) but if i did something i already knew i wasn't supposed to do or i did something they asked me not to they would probably yell when i was little they spanked me but not often and now i have a 3.7 gpa an iq of 145 and i don't have any physiological problems oh and i am only 11 i think my parents did a great job and still are!

Those judgers should go f@#k themselves. It's okay to eat junk food once in a while. Or to have a house that is not spotless as long as it's not a pigsty. You can't expect people to run around cleaning up every time their kids make a mess. They'd run themselves ragged. I wonder if those judges actually have kids of their own. I don't but I'm becoming more tolerant as I grow older. But some people find fault with every thing.

She is a great mom. Moms who criticize other people in front of their kids, not so much. Tolerance and understanding in all things will go a long way in ending all the hate and cruelty. Just saying. Karen, you rock SAHM!

She is a lovely normal great Mum.

P,.S. In the summer when we came indoors for the night, first we had to sit on the front stoop with a pail of water and pick the ticks off each other. Sometimes we missed one and it would blow up like a gray balloon and get squashed and make a goopy blood spatter. I reiterate, we survived and sturdily and hardily.

The only people I know of who are taught parenting classes are parents who adopt. plus we get a public nurse come and check on us every week then every month for the first six months. so he happy you who push out your babies... you have innate knowledge. thous of us who adopt need to be supervised and trained ahead of time.. and I was happy for the classes and help.

Are married moms better than single mom? No. I would argue this statement, but people will hate me for what I would say.

What the hell is Mom Shaming? Never thought that this is worth a wording at all.

unwated advice : don't confuse statement of overgeneralized opinion for advice.

My Mom was a single Mom when it wasn't "cool" to be one (1968 and she became a widow with 3 kids when my Dad was killed in Vietnam. We were 5, 4 and 2). She swore, she yelled, we got spanked, we ate those frozen pops, Spaghetti-O's (and LOTS of other processed foods!) and had pancakes for supper. Our house ALWAYS looked like a tornado had hit it and our rooms were worse! She took us camping, by herself (which she should have gotten an award for), took to the drive-in movies and SO much more! She was an unconventional Mom and she was the "cool" Mom. I think she did a damn good job and she has 3 grown, healthy and fairly normal kids to prove it. Any Mom that can bring up happy and healthy kids is a "Good Mom" in my book.

I'm way too busy doing my own mum stuff to worry about other peoples parenting style. 😂