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A Messy Refinement: How to Refocus When You Feel Defeated as a Parent

(This post appeared on the MomQ.org blog.)

There’s no denying that parenting can be messy. Sometimes it’s a literal mess. Like when your two-year-old draws on the wall with crayons. Or when your toddler grabs his dirty diaper and swings it around his head like a lasso. (This happened to me last week.)

Then sometimes parenting feels like a mess because, despite our best efforts, we feel like we miss the mark. You said you wouldn’t lose your temper again today. You did. You said you would be more intentional with your kids today. You weren’t. You said you’d spend less time on your phone today. You didn’t. You said your kids would eat a vegetable today. They didn’t. ☺

Our growth as a parent doesn’t move along a straight line. We have ups and downs, moments of victory, and of course moments of defeat.

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