SuperMomAre you Super Mom?  Do you want to be Super Mom? Do you know her? Why do you think so many moms feel extra pressure to be better and/or more? Two mamas that I know recently on separate occasions made comments about how they think social media {mostly Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, & Instagram} makes women feel like they constantly need to just be more. More crafty, in shape, better cook, cleaner house, so on and so on. Personally social media doesn’t make me feel that way, so it got me thinking…what side of the fence do most moms fall on?!

I can completely see how Pinterest could suck some people in to this hole of wanting more, etc. The searches and pins are almost endless and one could get carried away pretty easily. My husband certainly doesn’t see all of the hype over Pinterest. Pffft, what does he know? 😉 For me, it is simple to be practical about it. I have tons-o-pins for sure, but I don’t try and make or have everything I pin. Some times I pin stuff just because I like it or to save for a future idea. Others I make if it is easy and worth my time and energy, others I just simply buy it and call it a day.

I hear people complain about Facebook all the time because people are too fake, blah blah….and I think we all know people who are 100% guilty. Do I care? Nope. If someone is being that fake then that is their problem, they have to live with it. Why should I waste my time worrying about it? If they annoy me then I delete or block them. The people that bug me the most are the non stop bitchy complainers. I would rather someone be happy go lucky all the time that a Debbie Downer.

I guess I am just curious why so many women feel all of this extra pressure due to social media? I mean, I kinda get it….it is just in our faces all of the time, but it doesn’t have to be. If there is something that makes you not feel good, shouldn’t you stop doing it? So, how about if seeing all of the “Super Moms” on Facebook, Instagram, etc. makes you feel like less then I have 2 suggestions:

1. Stop checking their latest updates and pics all of the time….it sounds like a sadistic form of motherhood torture. Just STOP.

2. Look in the mirror and say to yourself “I am Super Mom” because in our own ways we are ALL super mom!!!

 

The way I see it is, it doesn’t matter if you work or stay home,

if you make lunches every day and send a sweet note inside the lunchbox or your kid buys lunch,

if your kid misses a couple of baths and teeth brushings here and there,

if you restart the dryer 5 times to avoid the laundry,

if you drive through the drop off lane in the mornings at school in your pj’s sans a bra {ahem….my hand is raised},

if you are a great cook or never cook a meal,

if you can use a sewing machine or even sew on a button or not,

if you clean your house or pay someone to help,

if you hide in the pantry and sneak chocolate to just escape the madness for a minute {ahem…..guilty},

if some days it just feels overwhelming and you just want to sleep til 2 like in college,

 The list could go on and on…

 The truth is that we are all amazing mothers….super mothers. Word to your mother. Okay, that was a bit far. Point is that we all love our children more than words can possibly describe, and we would go to the ends of the earth for them, we are selflessly devoted to them and do so many things for them, our world is our family. That makes each and every one of us super. So what if you aren’t the president of the PTA or you can’t sew a Halloween costume (cause I am a crafty bizzle and I cannot operate the sewing machine that I own…yet. And am in no hurry to do so}, who the hell cares?! Each of us is enough and if we want to be more or do more it needs to be because it is truly what we want and not because “she” did it.

 So high five to each all of us moms…..we freaking rock!

 Does social media make you feel like you need to do or be more? Are you comfortable with the woman/mom that you are?

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