TikTok sensation Momma cusses gives us her version of parenting tiny tots in today post Covid world, while preaching that self care is also their care, cause you can’t take care of them is you’re not taking care of yourself., but also explaining that yes we may feel guilty that we take a moment to take care of ourselves we should also learn to take care of ourselves because if we are constantly burnt out we cannot properly care for our littles While one does have mom guilt, but we should not let that keep us from changing and doing better the next time, but sometimes we should be the one in time out and not the kids. Did the littles push our buttons and we snap? Yes should we apologize also yes, should we have been the ones to take a step back and go into “time out” to give us a moment to breathe and reevaluate the situation, cause we will not always get it right or handle the situation perfectly. Her version of parent may not work for everyone but we can take bits from this and try with our own families, and learn from her experiences and adapt them into our own to help from being the reasons our own children need therapy.

Thank you so much to @netgalley and @macmillan.audio for the chance to review Momma Cusses by Gwenna Laithland. Gwenna shares her perspective on raising children (described with many colorful phrases!) in a down-to-earth, humorous, and humble manner. I appreciated so much that she started by saying the things that she didn’t do well and provided actionable tasks. She shared funny stories and poignant ones (the egg nog story had me in tears), delivering her book with perfect, passionate narration. This mother of three loved reading about the difference between mom guilt and “mom shame, that wormy bitch.” The reminder that “good parents never stop worrying they’re doing a bad job.” 🥹
Not a super sensitive parenting book, but definitely one that resonated with me (a fellow cussing momma).