Minimum Viable Parenting

Have you ever felt resentful as a parent? Have you ever felt guilty for wanting to do less rather than more? Have you ever wanted to spend a little bit of time on your own?   These and other thoughts and wants can make us feel guilty as parents. But instead of dwelling on guilt, which is an unproductive state of mind, we can learn to understand its nature and let it resolve into things we can actually take care of and do something about.   If we don't understand guilt, we let it guide our parenting, and parenting from this place harms us and the children. Although the feeling of guilt is inevitable, it does not need to be permanent. In this episode we take a look at four aspects of dealing with guilt.