There is no board set up for the governing and tracking of your parenting successes and failures (except, of course, your mother-in-law), and most times these parenting failures might not show their ugly face unless they are seen in public, picking their nose and eating the mucus.
Since your sole duty as the parent and guardian of your kid is to train your kids into decent adults, there are therefore possible signs that you might have suck at effectively parenting your kids,
1. They blow their nose, then drop the tissue on the floor or your plate
Yuck! If your kid can be old enough to blow their nose, then he should have been taught how to dispose of the tissue too. That is just so gross and I must say you did a good job mom and dad. Kudos to you.
2. They see nothing of talking about and showing their privates in public
Why is it called private if you make it public? It’s okay that you showed your children what the private parts of their body are and the right names for them. But for your child to actually have no qualms saying vagina or ”toto” in public and can show it off right there, then, Mamalette you’ve got work to do.
3. They have verbal infection
When you are together they talk right, about their teacher, the dog, their clothes, your shirt and have regular talks and every other normal talk. But immediately your mother-in-law visits, that’s when one of them will get annoyed and use a curse word, then your mother-in-law will be like…..(you know what).
4. They have more tech skills than any other skills
If your phone freezes or has a minor problem, your kids can manage to save the day by checking out the problem and promptly solving the problem. But to close the tap that they turned on or do some little things at home is mission impossible for them, good job!
5. To save yourself a trip to the store, you substitute Band-Aids with sanitary napkins
You so didn’t want to go out, and to save yourself the trouble of going out, you actually used detergent to bath your children and rinsed their mouth with diaper cream when the toothpaste finished unexpectedly.
6. They wear dirty socks yet you manage to get your nails and toe polished
You really want to look like you’ve got all your shit together, so you have to get your hair, nail and toe to be on fleek, meanwhile you don’t care if your children wear dirty socks full of holes. Good job, at least, someone is looking good.
There’s more where that came from, and although nobody is looking to judge anyone. I still propose that we do the best that we can by our children, equip them with all they’ll need to live a good life.
