Seen a TikTok that made me very upset.
So I came across a triggering TikTok, that in all honesty made me kind of upset because I feel like it kind of related to my situation.
The TikTok was about a daycare worker ranting about parents who drop off their kid when the daycare opens and then picks them up when the daycare closes (6am-6pm) and the comments were all agreeing with him saying that” if you have to put your kid in Daycare , you shouldn’t have even had kids in the first place because you couldn’t afford them” or “ I only let my child go to daycare for three hours” “ if you put your child in Daycare , you’re not being a present parent” and stuff like that.
It just offends me a little bit because I’m a full-time college student and also going to be working full-time and same with my fiancé, we’re both doing everything we can to provide our daughter with a great future, which is exactly why we have her enrolled in a great quality childcare facility where’s shes able to learn and get socialized. I don’t necessarily drop her off exactly when they open, but I do drop her off in the mornings and then get her an hour before the closing time. And on my off days, I let her go to daycare for a few hours so I can get a chance to study and take my exams.
Even though I thought I was doing a good job it just feels like people are just never satisfied with what a mother has to do. I was so depressed and stressed out when I was a stay at home mom, and I feel much happier now that I’m starting to go back to work and I’m also still trying to maintain a bond and care for my daughter at the same time but I just can’t help but have these these negative videos and comments get to me. Obviously I’m gonna start clicking not interested on these type of videos that pop up with my feed moving forward, but I can’t help but get that last video out of my head because now I’m just feeling more mom guilt.
I just kinda want some supportive and positive comments, how to not let things like this get you and your opinions about it
(Sorry for the typos, I typed this using speech to text, lol)