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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are grown up now in their teens. I have always loved to hang out with them.

My kids were talking the other day with their friends about how I was the coolest and the most fun mom ever.  I have no recollection of any of the things they told me.  It seems when my kids fell and had a boo-boo, after applying the neosporin and bandaid, I would also give them a kiss, and give them two "pain pills" of M&Ms. I told them that M&Ms had special ingredients in the chocolate that dulls the pain and most people did not know about it.

I also told them that kids who eat candy smell extra nice to lions who want to gobble them especially if they don't eat greens...(and also most people don't know about it), and so my kids would eat salads and greens with each meal and then I would lift their arms, sniff their underarms and say "whoa, this does not smell like candy at all."  I also warmed up their school clothes in the dryer with a dryer sheet so that they did not catch a chill. And dress them when they were still in bed - this too was a secret hack that others did not know about.  As they were telling it to their friends, I was thinking that I did not remember any of this at all. All I remembered is feeling tired and exhausted. I would host a lot of children at my house, just so the kids had other kids to play with and I could get a reprieve. Still I was glad that I made everything fun for my kids and my kids loving that.  Maybe giving them joy, gave me joy. Maybe that's what fueled me as a mom. Being a mom or a parent is tiring.

OP, my advice is that outsource some domestic chores. Also, do playdates so that you can swap childcare with other moms for some time.  [/quote]

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