“Unseen Judgment: 43 Shocking Tales of Moms Facing Strangers’ Wrath”

"Unseen Judgment: 43 Shocking Tales of Moms Facing Strangers' Wrath"

Toddler playing in sandbox, wearing a bear-themed outfit, with a container, illustrating stories of moms getting shamed. Some people- and it always seems to be older women- just love to comment/criticize. The two nastiest comments I’ve gotten are about how I let my daughter walk everywhere (what else would I do?) and that she shouldn’t be playing in the dirt because it wasn’t ladylike (ma’am she one, nothing about her is ladylike, and also she loves dirt and rocks).

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Two women looking stressed in an office setting, reflecting on experiences of being mom-shamed by strangers. I was shamed by a co worker for having my first kid soooooo young. I was 20 when I had my first,  she was f*****g 22….I’ve never wanted to smack someone so hard. .

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In a nutshell, mom shaming is when someone judges or criticizes a mom for her parenting style or choices. Choosing Therapy points out that even though this can sometimes come from a place of concern or a lack of knowledge about the context of the situation, it does more harm than good. The result? Insecurity. Anxiety. And self-doubt.

Some people have either very outdated or extremely unrealistic expectations of the role that moms supposedly ‘should’ have in raising their children. In some cases, the critics are extremely stubborn and believe that their approach to parenting is the one and only way to do things ‘right.’

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Other times, the individual may be narcissistic or have serious self-esteem issues, so they feed their ego or feel better about their insecurities by putting other people down. It’s not far from bullying. Meanwhile, there are also those parents for whom raising children is a competition, so they constantly compare themselves to others and vice versa.

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