Parents Reveal The REAL Reasons Behind 'Mum Guilt'

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Unzela Khan Sheikh is HuffPost UK’s Parents Editor. She covers everything from expert advice for struggling parents, product reviews, pregnancy + newborn life and tips for parents with older kids. She previously worked as the Race and Diversity Editor for MyLondon and has written for Glamour Magazine, Metro UK, Daily Mirror and Gal-Dem Magazine.

We’ve all been there — feeling a sense of shame or guilt when you think you haven’t done enough as aif we’ve had a very busy day.

Another parent, Nina Chitnis said: “I think there is a lot of pressure on mums and parents these days vs when we grew up, and social media doesn’t help with that!”, one parent said: “For me I felt mum guilt when my daughter was on her first day of nursery and I was in the hairdressers enjoying some free time before I was due to start work.

Others said they felt guilt over the opposite situation! A parent explained she felt guilty as her daughter doesn’t go to nursery and she doesn’t work. She said: “I feel guilty that I’m not at work! Would she benefit from nursery? Am I being lazy by not working? “I felt guilty at work because I wanted to go back and show how it’s the same old Michelle,” she said. “I acted like motherhood hadn’t changed things, when in fact everything had changed.”

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