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Parents, Stop Feeling Guilty
It’s a terrible habit
Oh you’re kidding, aren’t you?!
With just 15 minutes until my yoga class started, my daughter decides to run to the bathroom. Bringing a book in with her of course. It would take 15 minutes to get to the class.
Oh no. I knew what that meant.
Hurry up! I’m going to start the car!
I just need 1 more minute mum…
Grr!!!
There it was, my trigger for transforming into the incredible hulk. She had hours before we left, and she pulls this out now.
If I needed a restorative yoga class before, I sure as hell needed it now.
I stomped around, yelling at her to get a move on. Even driving the car out of the garage, down the driveway in the hope that she’d move her little toush faster.
And then I went back in. Because of course, she wouldn’t move faster.
Finally, we got her out of the house.
We hurriedly drove to my class. Knocked on the gate — it was shut because we were late. Rang the doorbell.
No reply.
Fuming, I got into the car and drove home.
