Be proud to be a 'good enough' mum this Mother's Day

Be proud to be a ‘good enough’ mum this Mother’s Day

If there was ever a year to celebrate Mother’s Day, this is the year. 

We have all had many struggles over the past 12 months, yet I have seen so many mums deal with these struggles while supporting their kids, parents and extended families at the same time.  It has been an exhausting, testing time, especially within the family home.  Keeping everything and everyone going has not been easy.

Managing these pressures, stress and strain is on top of the multiple other everyday, but no less important, roles we play to keep our families safe, happy and healthy and to support our children with their emotional and developmental needs.

It is easy to forget in the midst of all this chaos, the valuable role you play as a mother.  Take some time out this Mother’s Day to reflect and acknowledge on how important a ‘maternal figure’ is to a child’s growth, health and long-term psychological and physical well-being.

Whether you are a mum, a grandmother, a step mum, a foster mum, take time to acknowledge your impact on your family over the past 12 months. 

Being a mother is not just an instinctual skill, is is an acquired one.  Your role as  a ’mother’ is constantly changing as your children grow and evolve in their own lives.

To all the mums out there, today is a great day to reset, to take a look at the time you give yourself and the love you show yourself.  Your day will be 

celebrated by family members but it is even more important for you to 

celebrate yourself today.  Always remember a happy, content mum is in a much better place to parent her children the way she wants to.

Be realistic, gentle and kind to yourself.  Don’t judge yourself or put yourself down.   Set yourself free from the relentless grip of mum guilt.  It is not 

possible to be ‘super mum’ - it is a myth of motherhood.  Don’t feed into 

societal pressures to ‘have it all’, ‘do it all’ and ‘be it all’.  Don’t compare yourself to perceived ‘perfect parents’, they do not exist.  Be honest and true to yourself. Believe your best is good enough.

Be happy and proud to be a ‘good enough’ parent - it really is the best gift you can give yourself and your children this Mother’s Day.