'Every day I try to cut myself some slack and accept the fact that right now I am not my best self — I’m not even my average self!'ADHDChat
and oh my gosh, it’s already hard enough to parent them when we’re able to send them off to school for a good part of the day. Now, we have to tele-work PLUS manage a routine for a herd of cats and try to corral hyperactive hamsters into somehow magically wanting to do schoolwork just because they’re doing it under a piano bench?
And because, as parents of kids with ADHD we’re already predisposed to feeling like failures, this is just one more thing to fail at! So, here’s the thing: Right now, it’s OKAY. It’s really okay to be not the best parent. To toss schoolwork out the window for a bit. To accept the fact that your house might be upside down, that, that you are sad and fighting depression, that you might be putting on weight because of your late-night rendezvous with the pantry.
Every day I try to cut myself some slack and accept the fact that right now I am not my best self — I’m not even my average self! If what I need is to retreat as much as possible into my fictional world so that my sanity remains intact, then it’s okay. My kids might fare better because they’ll need to rely on themselves. My husband might gain a new appreciation of my value. My students will probably love that I’ve become a super easy grader this semester.
So, please take care of yourself however you need to. Don’t compare yourself to your Rockstar mom friend who adores homeschooling, is baking, and also sewing masks — you do you. Put on your oxygen mask however that looks and do what you need to do to get through this, and then — you will be through this.
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