You are not a terrible parent!

I read this in the huffington post. It just struck home cause sometimes, as I am raising my children, by myself a lot lately, I feel as though I am not doing it right. That My children will become thugs, or criminals, or many of things because I ruined them. And then I read this, and laughed, uncontrollably.

You are not a terrible parent if you can't wait for them to go to bed.

You are not a terrible parent if the sound of their voices make you want to drink and never stop.

You are not a terrible parent if you yell at your kids sometimes. They are like little dictators in your house. If someone else talked to you like that, they'd be put in prison. (this one struck home...anyone else???)

You are not a terrible parent if you cannot figure out an appropriate consequence in real time for every act of terrorism they come up with.

and then I have my own made up...

You are not a terrible parent for letting them watch a little tv, so you might have enough time to nurse, and put to sleep another child.

You are not a terrible parent for letting them play in the backyard by themselves as you try to get something done in the house.

You are not a terrible parent....

I love my children to the moon and back, but seriously if one more person tells me to cherish these days while they are young cause they grow up too fast, I agree with the writer, I might have to break up with them.

I do enjoy them, many times a day, but many times a day, they are a pain. Truly they are. And I still think I am relatively sane after living 4 months as a single mom with getting up once or twice a night with an infant and packing and moving and still managing to get some semblance of food on the table every night....and a glass of wine!

and i am not gonna lie about the chocolate chips, I sneak them whenever Charlie is not looking!