Am I a terrible mother for hoping nurseries go back soon?!

[MrsMuffins]

Is anyone else reaching the end of their tether with lockdown childcare and hoping childcare settings reopen soon?! DS is at nursery, and even though I’m nervous about the virus, I feel that the overall risk is small and he is missing out on so much - socially especially. He is bored of me, I’m doing my best but he is so hard to keep amused, I feel like I’m just biding time between meltdowns.

I would find it hard having him at home full-time anyway, even if everything was normal, let alone coping in lockdown!

Well some people planned on being full time parents regardless of work. Yeah it's tough but some of us are working more. I'd prefer to be at home with my family.

I cannot wait for nurseries to open. Please please.

DroppedBoxxedRuth

Do kindly fuck off
Do you want your perfect parent medal around your neck or shoved up your ass?

My mum was a SAHM in the early 80's we didn't go out places, there weren't really the places we have now. I remember going to Waitrose occasionally ( closest supermarket) . It was incredibly rare to even eat out. Maybe a special birthday, but maybe twice a year. Playgroup- we went to at a local church once a week the term before school started as you had to pay for it. Yes she coped, I would say she was depressed and life was a bit boring. She had no motivation to interact or entertain us. We never did crafts. If her own admittance she never played toys with us.

Maybe my mum was rubbish, but I think parenting was just different then. I do remember doing family board games on Sundays ! I think we put too much pressure on ourselves to always entertain our children or interact with them. I think it needs to be somewhere in between not turf them out on the street not that we can during lockdown but not being a children's entertainer.

. I think it needs to be somewhere in between not turf them out on the street not that we can during lockdown but not being a children's entertainer.

Yes