Marginal Mama

Generally I think I am a good mama. I brush Q's teeth twice a day, force him to eat healthy food, read to him every night, take him to the doctor. But, sometimes I feel like a crappy mama. Like say, when everyone else's children are happily playing in the indoor inflated playhouse thingie, and my child is screaming as he sits in time out. Why is my son in time out ten times a day? Is it me or is it him? He has taken to screaming at me, " No! I said no!"

I am self conscious about it in front of my mom and about how I respond to it. I imagine her thinking, 'Wow, that child is bad, and MM has no control.' And part of me fears she is right.

--MM