You have to hand it to Bunmi Laditan, the author of the hilarious Honest Toddler account, in that she knows how to make parents feel better about themselves. Or at least laugh about themselves in the process.
In a recent Facebook post, Laditan satirized the fast-food chicken nugget meal she served her kids:
Dinner is served! The chicken nuggets are organic, free-range, rescue chickens who communicated to me in chicken...
Posted by Bunmi Laditan on Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Parents related. They related and then shared the heck out of that Facebook, with over 85K posting it on in a matter of days.
“We all know chicken nuggets and fries isn't the best meal, but we have to give ourselves a break,” she said. “I cook most nights but decided to treat the kids after an exhausting day. I was feeling terribly guilty that they weren't eating organic quinoa and then I thought... stop!”
And so much of that guilt resides in the feeds of social media - this new, pressing need to document and photograph the meals we feed our kids. Like it's no longer enough to put something in our kids' bellies, the food we dish up must also double as works of art. Bah!
Or we (falsely) assume everyone else is feeding their kids organic quinoa... Not everyone is Julia Child.
“It's such a hard gig, being a mom," said Laditan. "I just want people to read my work to feel understood and like they're enough. I want them to laugh. I guess deep down, that's what I want for myself. My posts help me find community with other moms.”
But does Laditan think she's enough? The author admitted that even she gets insecure about parenting; hence the jokes.
The struggle is real.
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