TikTok user @cyndygdub shares her thoughts on the guilt she feels for not doing more with her teens and tweens over summer vacation.
At the best of times, it’s a time for gentle adventures, carefree outdoor play, and special trips. At the worst of times, it’sas you try to find something to occupy your kiddos so you can accomplish literally anything. But what happens when those days of chaos and joy are behind you?
“You know what’s not talked about enough? The guilt that comes when you have teens and preteens during the summer and you’re home with them, but ... they’re too old to go to a playground every day, they don’t really want to go to a pool every day. They will hang out with their friends sometimes, but it’s like, when they were younger there was so much you could do with them,” she says.to plan activities for her kiddos.
“It’s my own anxiety, it’s my own shame and guilt as a mother but does anybody else feel this way?” she asks. “It’s really hard for me this year.”“The teen transition is so hard,” writes @DisneyLnd4Fun. “It’s hard to bring them joy now, used to be so easy.”Others note that teens have a different sense of fun than we do as adults or parents and that it’s not something we should take personally or worry about.
“I remember my own teen years, and I know how peaceful I was in my room,” observes @LeeCruiser. “I had my first Walkman, listen to music, translate the lyrics, read books. It didn’t feel a waste of summer.” What former teenagers among us can’t relate to that? But the comment that resonated the most, with more than 1,500 likes, was from @shesatenbutshehitscurbs:And wow, hitting us right where it hurts! Because as hard as the little kid years are, they’re full of good memories and the kind of simple joy we know only visits our lives for a little while. It’s amazing to see our little ones grow up into their own people, but sometimes, we miss our babies.
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