065: Shame in Parenthood

Does having emotions or being rowdy make my kids bad? After reading an Instagram post about how parents should make sure their kids are “good,” I had to process a lot of emotions that I have battled from the time my first kid was 10 months old and hurt another kid for the first time. Being a parent feels impossible to navigate because each child is so different… and people without kids or “easy” (aka- compliant) kids are so quick to judge. We talk through handling those emotions and share the single most shameful moment we have had in parenthood.