THIS MOTHER'S DAY, LET GO OF THE MOM GUILT AND EMBRACE "IMPERFECT PARENTING"
buzzz worthy. . . *** Psychotherapist & Right Life Project Founder Jim Hjort Explains Why Being A "Good Enough" Mom Is Perfectly OK Mother’s Day is a great time to explore and unwind some of the myths and expectations around motherhood that converge to place moms under a great deal of pressure to perform. Not all of them come from society or finger-waggers on the playground, either; moms are often the victims of self-inflicted friendly fire. The Perfect Mother Myth, Busted Part of the problem is the long history in psychological circles of placing the onus of successful childrearing squarely upon the mother. Fathers played very much a secondary role in childhood development among early theorists like Freud, and the belief propagated that one or two missteps on the mother’s part were enough to scar Junior forever. We know now, though, that a perfect mother isn’t necessary for a child to turn out perfectly well adjusted. There are certain things t...