I see your point and I'm sorry your mother was so hurtful.

I've talked pretty openly with my kids about how hard it was when they were small. Always making it clear that it was my problem.

I tell them that I probably wasn't the best mother of little kids. I loved them and thought they were amazing little people but I…

I also had a mother like this. I always knew, sometimes deep down and sometimes right on the surface, that we were not all she had thought we would be, and she was deeply unhappy for much of her life. I don't doubt that we had something, or a lot, to do with this. But in all honesty, once I became an adult (maybe…

I get this, although this is probably one of those narratives that's more about understanding a different perspective on the norm rather than gaining sympathy. But there's another side to it too. My own experience is that people can express those things (openly or passive aggressively) and still be capable of good…

Hi Yoga Nerd. Haven't seen you since we talked about ADD and pregnancy awhile back. It is weird because I was going to post this same thing only with the opposite view.