Under Construction - MHWA Retreat

My mom was always super hard on me too and I was an only child. I'm pretty lax with my boys too. My mom would say a lot of mean shit to me growing up so I've also feared hearing these words come out of her mouth towards my children, cause I'd be pissed off. Somehow I got lucky though. My mother was a bitch to me growing up but she's a perfect grandmother that respects every rule we lay down and she lives with us. I count myself lucky cause if my mother challenged my parenting style, there'd be hell to pay.

I also expected her to give me a hard time for being a stay at home mother cause she always preached work work work. It was just cheaper for us for me to stay home with the kids though. But she was all for it. Jealous even. Said she wished she would've stayed home. A whole new woman came out with grandkids. She still treats me like shit sometimes though. But admittedly it got better when I went back to work.

It's hard to deal with parenting differences but you have a good attitude about it. Trying to accept that they did the best they could speaks to my heart. That's what I'm trying to do.

Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed your response!