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Heather MacFadyen: “Am I a Bad Mom?

FamilyLife Today®

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Feeling like a bad mom? Author Heather MacFadyen explores motives and emotions fueling your actions and judgments so you can lean toward the mom you long to be.

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0:00.0

So, recently we were talking about being in the van, a mini van, with our two grandchildren

0:05.8

who are three and one.

0:08.0

Dave is up in the front with our son, and then my daughter and I are in the back taking

0:12.3

care of the kids, and the one-year-old is screaming her head off.

0:15.5

Yeah, she was screaming for like an hour, and the whole time-

0:19.0

You've been three hours.

0:20.0

The whole time.

0:21.0

No, it's not longer.

0:31.0

Welcome to Family Life today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.

0:38.0

I'm Ann Wilson.

0:39.0

And I'm Dave Wilson, and you can find us at familylifetoday.com or on our Family Life app.

0:45.0

This is Family Life.

0:47.0

Today.

0:48.0

My daughter-in-law is amazing.

1:01.0

She's feeding her.

1:02.0

We're making faces.

1:03.0

We're seeing songs.

1:04.0

Later that day, we're walking.

1:06.5

And I could tell she was so frustrated because she's thinking like, why wasn't he back here

1:12.0

and he even had offered?

1:13.0

Do you want me to be in the back?

1:14.0

But as moms.

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