So on my Google feed today I've seen several features about less than ideal mothers.
I get that motherhood isn't a guarantee of sainthood, and the stories in question are shocking and I truly do feel for their offspring.
My own relationship with my late mother could be difficult but luckily at the end of her life we had settled our hash so to speak, and as I got older and became a mother myself I was able to see she was a human being too with flaws informed by her own problematic childhood.
I just think it's interesting that on Mother's Day, there are these articles - is it just an attempt to balance things out ? Or a bit of a sideswipe to remind us that we're not perfect, although I know very few Mother's who think they are?
I'm sad today, missing my Mum particularly and other family matriarchs still with us but lost to dementia and poor health etc so I was a bit "Aww man, really?"
Obviously children failed by "bad" mothers should get their feelings acknowledged and be supported, and Mother's Day is tough for so many.
Not entirely sure why I'm posting, but thought I'd ask for opinions.