I found this draft in my blog vault. Still think this is true, but I don’t really care anymore. Parenting as Performance has passed. I am conscious of the performance but I feel like a runaway train and I cannot do anything about it. I just try and live in a state of meditation and reflection. What am I doing. What are my kids actually doing. What are my kids thinking and how do they need help? I hope I don’t regret hitting the publish button on this blog.
“listening to some past early, mummy friends reflect and present their versions of themeselves while talking about their kids…. I realized that talking about your children is like dream theory. Everyone in the dream is “you” and everything that you say about your children is about “you”.”
So it’s actually you crushing crabs with your barehands and throwing tantrums at dinner.