Parent guilt.....what makes you feel guilty?

sdaisies

Today I felt guilty that it appeared we did nothing but run errands all weekend! We just had so much to do this weekend and DH and I spent it running around in between naps. DS didn't mind, but I just feel guilty that we did not spend much quality time together or just playing at home. 

 

What do you feel guilty about? 

bellrm22

I hate that when we get home from work I let me dd watch Dora or Wonder Pets so I can get dinner made.  It sucks because I don't see her all day and it's the only way to get dinner made.

luckyluvr

I have 2: when I realize at the end of the day that he hasn't been outside once and it's been a couple of days AND when it's bedtime, but he's not tired and I make him go anyway. With that 2nd one, I know it's what's best for him, but I still feel bad for making him go to bed when he's not ready.

marrymemylove

ditto bellrm. When DH is home early enough he'll play with him while I make dinner (or vice versa) but if not TV is the only way. I actually set up the portable DVD player on the kitchen bench last week so that he could watch and still be in the kitchen with me (rather than within sight but in another room). It kills me when I answer the phone, deal with the call and come back to have him say "I miss you in the kitchen on the phone. I miss you mum".

Jen2124

I feel guilty for not feeling guilty! Like I could easily go on vacation without kids, am fine when they get shots, etc..and then I feel guilty that I don't feel guilty about this stuff.

I feel guilty when I watch the clock until bedtime, too!

brightning

I feel guilty about a lot of things ... I've got enough guilt to start my own religion

I feel guilty when I realize how sheltered DD's been her whole life. We just moved into the city, and we barely know anyone here. She's spent her whole life out in the middle of the desert with no other kids to play with and where it was too hot for her to be outside for half the year. I just feel like her experiences have been limited because of where we've lived. When I was a kid, I played outside and interacted with a lot of different adults.

I also feel guilty because even though DD was planned, it has taken DH a really long time to warm up to DD. He still has never changed her diaper, fed her, nothing, and I'm worried she'll start to wonder why her daddy doesn't seem to want much to do with her some days.

mrsbookworm

I feel guilty that, on most days, I am relieved when DS goes to sleep so I can finally get things done around the house.

marrymemylove

Oh I totally watch the clock until bedtime! And yep guilty about it. AND when DS is happily playing at 8pm and still hasn't got a clean diaper/pjs/teeth cleaned ready for bed...I feel guilty for breaking him away from his game to get him ready. If I didn't he'd play until about 11pm quite happily and just sleep in next day. Then he would end up like me with no natural sense of routine :-)?

I don't need a new religion for all the guilt though, I'm a catholic. I just add it to the register :-)?

JOEBunny

That I hate to read to her.  I just put her to bed and she ask for books, so she could read them herself because I hate reading them.  I love to read, but can't stand those kids story.