What Parents Swore They'd Never Do — And Did Anyway
LOADING ERROR LOADING We’ve all been there: You’re tired, you’re overwhelmed, then one of your kids makes a move and it’s the final straw. Sometimes I just don’t have it in me to cook.” — Patty Van Laar “That I wouldn’t cook separate meals for them, they would eat what we eat. Yet it’s the norm for a lot of the year now and I’m just fine with it.” — Renee Colleen “We were gonna eat dinner together every day at the table! And then my second came and he slept in our bedroom every night till he was 2-and-a-half years old!” —Michele Lempek Rosa “Laying with them until they fall asleep.” — Jordanna Oswald Screen Time “I would look at people in public and think, ‘There’s no way my kid will ever bring a tablet out in public.’ Me, ten years later, ‘A tablet is a must if we want to enjoy a dinner in public with our 2 year old.’ I completely understand and apologize to any parent I side-eyed ten years ago.” — Amanda Manley Toys & Clothes “I swore we wouldn’t have a playroom full of toys. I’m the parent, you’re the kid, sometimes you’re gonna have to live with that as an answer.” — Rachel Bowie Mace “I swore I’d never have one of ‘those’ kids, the ones having a tantrum in the grocery store because you wouldn’t buy them Twizzlers or a toy.
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