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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have one, work full time, and didn't find it particularly hard (physically) but also not easy at all. We dedicated a tremendous amount of attention and resources to our kid - maybe too much - but it paid off in their achievements and growth and satisfaction with life. We had no outside childcare, and I was able to do pick-up most days. We are pretty Type A. When I look at some of my friends who parent differently, I can't help but judge them as hands-off or thoughtless or borderline negligent in some ways. So, to each their own, I guess? The way we parented worked for us pretty well but most of all, we feel like it was the best for our kid. [/quote]

This post is cracking me up because OP waltzed in with all her mom-of-four-and-it's-easy energy and then PP was like "baby, no one is more smug than a mom of an only who thinks she literally invented good parenting -- watch me cook."

I'm also a mom of an only so this isn't only child judgment here. Just sitting back and enjoying the Smug Off between two of the smuggest mom archetypes you can find. Waiting for the mom of twins or triplets to enter the chat, perhaps mom of the gifted and talented kids who are simply "so hard to challenge!" -- maybe I'll go make some popcorn.[/quote]

I can see how you feel this way but I'm just relaying my experience and am not apologetic for who I am and who my kid is. That's why I said to each their own. We are who we are, right?[/quote]

You also said you judge people who parent differently than you, which is the opposite of "to each their own." And your post is every bit as smug as OP's. We are who we are, and you are smug, and likely would be no matter how many kids you had or how you parented.

The truth is you and OP are the same -- self-satisfied, judgmental, condescending. You'll battle it out for Mom Supremacy and both lose. Have fun. To each their own![/quote]

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