Be Quick to Help, Not to Judge

Today was a rainy day, and I had to bus my son to daycare. He got wet as I did not have a rain protector and maneuvered an umbrella over him as best I can for the 6 minute walk to the bus stop.

People are so quick to judge. Whatever they may have thought about me, they did not know that our stroller (with rain cover) was stolen over the weekend. I managed to find a "new" one on kijiji last night, but this was after stores had closed and I am just now on my way to buy a rain cover.

It happens every day. People look at mothers and judge. "Oh. She didn't put a hat on her child. What a bad mom." The kid lost likely threw the hat during a fit which she patiently endured for the fifth time today on less sleep than a torture victim is granted! "Oh. She is giving her kid juice. That is so unhealthy." Perhaps that is calcium fortified juice for her child with a dairy allergy. "Oh. Her kid is screaming. Can't she control her child? What an unfit mother." The list goes on. We all face it. People who see only one fragment of the days we have with our kids. Parenting is a hard yet rewarding job. Raising the future demands patience and love and sacrifice and endurance. I know I have found strength I never knew I had as well as weaknesses I have had to work on in the two years of being a mom. We all deserve a little more credit sometimes.

Anyway. I just wanted to rant about my day and remind people that there is more going on than what we can see and therefore should be slow to judge, rather, we should be quick to offer help or sympathy. Takes the same -if not less- amount of energy.