The Pitfalls of Being “The Nurturer”
Posted in Parenting on 22. Sep, 2009
Ah, I look back fondly on those days when I had just one tiny newborn that I could cuddle and kiss all day, who never argued or took a magic marker to my kitchen cabinets. Of course now that my kids are a getting bigger, I wouldn’t trade it for the world – but I do miss feeling like motherhood was all about nurturing and nothing else. Now motherhood is about nurturing my kids and having to dole out time-outs, intervene in sibling disputes, and lecture them on why it’s not ok to shove your sister in the toilet.
It’s hard to balance the different roles of motherhood, and I think we all struggle with it to some degree. I wish I could just be all kisses and smiles with my kids, and never have to discipline them or be firm. But if I did that, I would wind up on an episode of “Supernanny,” and we would have no structure whatsoever.
This is a great article on the how important it is to balance your roles as a mom, and why being just the nurturer is not a good thing.
‘Nurturing’ moms can paint themselves into a corner [Gaston Gazette]
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