Well friends, if there was ever going to be a two way tie for crap-tastic mother of the year, it will be going to the Midwestern Misfit Mom Team Barrie Bismark and Kristin McCarthy. Between the two ranty, snarky moms there are seven kids, 8 million grey hairs (or more), several nervous breakdowns and countless parenting blunders.
In fact, there are so many parenting fails between the two suburban goddesses that it has taken a good couple of months to narrow down the Four Greatest Parenting Fails between the two of them. No really. It ended up being a very long and depressing list.
Without further adieu Barrie and Kristin bring you the top five stories which make them the world’s WORST mothers…at least in their self- judging eyes.
Barrie Lights Granny on Fire!
We lost my mother-in-law earlier this year. It was a tough time for everyone as she was very ill for a long time. She had decided that she wanted to be cremated and since her battle was quite long, we had many conversations with the kids about death and what happens after you die.
One day, my oldest (7 at the time) asked what cremation meant since he heard us talking about it. How do you explain that to a 7 year-old? Everything I read said to be as simple and direct as possible, so, I simply said “cremation is when you burn a body after someone dies instead of burying them at a cemetery. Grandma is in heaven now so she doesn’t need it anymore.” He seemed ok with that answer and didn’t really say much, so I thought I was in the clear. Well, what I neglected to explain was that there are people that do this at the funeral home when family is not present. This, I learned, was a very important detail for a seven-year-old. After the funeral was over and we all started packing up our things to leave, he said, “when do we go to the fire?” I was confused. What fire is he talking about? He proceeded to say “I thought we had a fire to burn grandma.” Well, shit. FAIL. Poor kid thought we had a bonfire in the backyard and threw grandma in. MOM FAIL. He spent days thinking about the “grandma bonfire”. I just hope he isn’t traumatized forever!
“Quick Shout out to BaKakee in Heaven…we miss you more than you know. I know you are laughing at this horrendous, morbid blunder! “
Totally understanding this for sure! I think you did great. Just remember to continue the education behind it. I would hate to see what would happen if he found a dead bird in the back yard and wanted to do the right thing. (Oh boy!)
ReplyDeleteOh gosh! Could you imagine? Thanks for stopping by.
DeletePriceless! And, makes total sense. B&W thinking at 7, so light up! too funny.
ReplyDeleteIt does make sense thinking back! Just never thought to explain it further!
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Ah!! I totally understand because I have had a few "fails" myself being a first time mommy this year!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your loss.
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DeleteThis is how it goes. Not necessarily a fail! It went similar when I gave my children THE TALK when they were about that age, and the questions were very unexpected and direct. Children's way of thinking is much more detailed visual than when you are older!
ReplyDeleteYes, just when you think you've thought of everything...then they ask a question you never thought of! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteOh, Mom Life! Priceless. Keep your head up mama.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. #TurnItUpTuesday
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DeleteGrannie on fire- I die every single time. It is one of my favorites! We are just killin it.
ReplyDeleteWe sure are!
DeleteI think I was meant to laugh at this! haha. It did tickle me. Sorry for your loss though and hope there was no lasting trauma. Thanks for sharing with #bestandworst
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