I Love My Kids but I Don't Enjoy This
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I Love My Kids but I Don't Enjoy This

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 27, 20262 min

You love them. That's not the question. The question is why this season feels so heavy — why you dread the morning routine, count the hours until bedtime, and feel guilty for feeling any of it. Loving your kids and being exhausted by parenting are not opposites.

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I know I have, and I've felt guilty about it.

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I was dreading the morning routines,

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I love my kids, and sometimes I don't like this. Have you ever said that? I know I have, and I've felt guilty about it. After I had my son, I really struggled.

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I was dreading the morning routines, and the sundown scaries just awaiting another sleepless night while also counting the hours until he was in bed, and I was able to just sit alone.

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I remember looking around at the people in my life and the people on Instagram who seemed to be thriving, smiling through every moment, and I started to wonder, what is wrong with me?

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