I know, I know, the title of this posting leaves you scratching your head. What could we possibly learn from men? (ha, ha to my male readers). Well, we moms could learn a couple techniques for squelching our mommy guilt.
If you’ve never experienced mommy guilt, then you a) Don’t have children or b) Don’t have children. At some point or another, all moms feel guilty about something – feeding Child a Happy Meal; putting Child in playpen or swing for the fourth time in one day; not reading enough to Child … and the list goes on.
Here’s a particularly interesting article from American Baby magazine targeted at new moms and how to cure five new mom guilty feelings. But what I found most interesting is the “Father Knows Best” tips.
We can learn a thing or two from dads about kicking the guilt habit. Granted, it’s easier for them because they don’t have the societal expectations that we moms do. If a man changes a diaper, he’s a hero. But, for whatever the reason, fathers have got their thinking right. Here are three good manly lessons.
Dads don’t try to do it all. “Men don’t expect to work full time and be the primary caretaker to their kids, a great cook, sexy for their spouse, and a good friend,” Rosenberg says. Yet women do.
Dads don’t feel guilty about taking time for themselves. Does your husband think twice about heading out to the gym? Enough said.
Dads don’t blame themselves for everything (er, anything). Your child didn’t bite the other toddler at the playground because you didn’t breastfeed him or you fed him too much sugar. Kids act out, and they get hurt…just because they’re kids.
Excellent.
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