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Friday, 10 May 2024 - 19:32
My daughter has told me she would like to do her year 10 at TAFE, rather than high school. I had never thought about her leaving school, I've always wanted her to stay until year 12 and go to university (if that's what she wanted to do). She is extremely bright and mature for her age and went into...
Tuesday, 30 April 2024 - 12:24
I feel like I don’t do anything with my child now she’s older (grade 6). Afterschool it’s either sports or if it’s a night we’re home by the time we get home from school have half hour down time, get homework done it’s then dinner time and then house work like tidy up from dinner, get lunches done...
Tuesday, 23 April 2024 - 19:32
Hi all, Not really a question just need to get it out. My daughter is 16 in December. Her father has had an acquired brain injury since she was 5 and has since only has supervised visits due to violence and lots of other issues. We broke up when she was 4 months old. In 2022 he started legal...
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Submitted by The Imperfect Mum on Mon, 12/01/2015 - 14:09.
Perfection does not exist – yet as mothers so many of us are all striving for it. We’re all putting so much pressure on ourselves and placing so much emphasis on the “shoulds”... We should always enjoy motherhood. We should always want to ‘give’ to our kids even when there’s nothing left to give. We should be present and ready to engage, play and be there for our kids 100% of the time. We should...
Submitted by The Imperfect Mum on Tue, 09/12/2014 - 13:30.
Do you find your eyes watching other mothers and hear a little voice in your head saying, “She is so, so much better at this whole motherhood thing than me.” I do. All. The. Time. I know we shouldn’t compare. But we do, right? As sad and embarrassing as it is to admit... But why, I wonder? Why do we compare and judge ourselves so much? I mean... I’m a confident, generally self-assured person so...
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 14/09/2013 - 19:01.
This is a FAQ post. These are the most popular answers to a real question asked on The Imperfect Mum. A bit of a hard question to put into words. Lately I’m feeling like i’m now just “his wife” and “her mother” – I’m feeling like I’ve lost who I used to be. I used to be a fairly social independant woman and now I feel as though I have somehow been robbed of my independance. I have an 8 month old...