When I read this Worst Moms Moment from Ginger at Spicey Mom, my heart dropped into my stomach. That's all I'm going to give you -- read for yourselves... ******** I am sure that every parent, from day one, imagines the worst case scenario of losing their child. Sickness, SIDS, accidents, kidnapping, you name it, [...]
Parenting 101
July 6, 2011 – Posted in: Losin' It, Misunderstandings, Mouths of Babes, Worst Mom MomentsMeet Annie Blumer-LaMotte, busy mom of three girls and a boy. She sent in this story that's pure "back to basics." You can check out more of her writing at her blog, Maximum Chaos. Yesterday was one of those days that started out with a broken glass shattered across my kitchen floor and ended with [...]
Don’t Make Me Threaten to Spank You!
June 6, 2011 – Posted in: Misunderstandings, Mouths of Babes, Punishments, Worst Mom MomentsLudicrous Mama is back to explain why those of us who are sarcastic in nature can get ourselves into so much trouble. She blogs at Biting the Hand that Feeds You. When my little angel was just a baby, and I felt like chucking her out the window overwhelmed, I used to brace her head [...]
Where Oh Where Did My Teenager Go?
March 18, 2011 – Posted in: Forgetting, Misunderstandings, Teenagers, Worst Mom MomentsThis story from "Mary Worth" is about her teenage son "Thor." Good to know that those of us who've already been screwing up our young children still have plenty of work ahead.The bad parenting moments don’t end at a certain age! Oh no, they don’t.My eldest son, 13, went to his friend’s house to spend [...]
Buckle Up for Safety!
January 22, 2011 – Posted in: Accidents, Guilt, Misunderstandings, Mouths of Babes, Worst Mom MomentsNadine Devlin is a working mom of two who used World's Worst Moms as a great form of procrastination one night when she found the site and read every single post. Apparently she thought she was in good company. Right after she finished reading, she banged out this little confession and sent it in. So, [...]
The Card
December 28, 2010 – Posted in: Foot in Mouth, Guilt, Misunderstandings, Mouths of Babes, Worst Mom MomentsXLMIC, who blogs at Taking It On, submitted this story about a disappointing Mother's Day that became so much more.I opened the plain white, slightly rumpled, nondescript business envelope with 'Mom' written on the front and drew out the raggedly-cut, crookedly-folded in half piece of red construction paper. Written on it in silver chicken-scratch was [...]
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