I am a badass mum n I know it!

I have two kids aged almost 10 and almost 5. If you thought that the 5 years age gap was perfect, so did I, before I realised that age gap doesn’t matter. They treat each other like they are going to pull apart each other part by part. I keep thinking this phase is going to go away and I live with that hope. The points really I am trying to make here are:

When they fight I don’t interfere and I let them fight each other as long as they don’t start bleeding from external organs. For reasons known to other mums (crying n screaming) I move myself to other rooms during such times. When they have settled enough I gather the strength to counter them.

I don’t force feed my children. I let them eat when they want to even if that means I’m not around at home when they are hungry. I leave the food on the table and I don’t feel bad if my children eat cold food. Sometimes they even gorge on the chocolates in the fridge and I let them do it. I’m lucky I have a dentist sister.

I scream and shout at them when I feel the need to vent. It doesn’t happen often it only depends on how quickly they utilise my patience. So if they have been up to too much nonsense they hear me more.

I also let them do what they want to and this time I even let them not study much for the exams. So I’m waiting to see how they have fared.

I don’t feel bad about doing it my way even if it means that it is not as per parenting guidelines because my children are mine and they are not born as per guidelines. They are unique for me and so am I for them. I love them and they love me back.