On guilt around not always being there for your child

The Therapy Edit

Anna Mathur

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In this solo episode of the Therapy Edit, Anna responds to a listener request around the guilt we feel when we can't always be there for our child.

This particulr listener could not attend Sport's Day around their work commitments, a scenario we're certain many of you will have experienced. Listen in to enjoy Anna's compassionate words about how you can manage feelings of guilt that crop up in response to your parenting decisions.

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0:30.0	Hello and welcome to the Therapy Edit Podcast with me psych therapist Anna Martha.
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0:45.3	Hi everyone, welcome to today's solar episode of the therapy edit.
0:49.6	I am today answering a question that somebody sent me all about the very familiar parenting guilt.
0:59.3	So the question was that I received was, it said, They said this. Hi Anna, I love your 10 minute
1:06.3	podcast. One thing I really struggle with at the moment is guilt around not
1:11.0	being able to attend all the school events that take place during the day
1:15.0	due to work commitments and or not being able to do all the drop-offs and pickups.
1:21.0	I told my child last week that was unable to attend sports day because of work and
1:24.8	she burst out crying. I felt awful. I arranged her grandparents to come so she'll still have
1:32.3	family to watch her but I still felt so
1:34.1	guilty. I try my best to go to as many of events that my timetable allows
1:39.4	assembly shows etc but it doesn't feel enough and I feel like I'm letting my child down.
1:45.8	Any tips would be very much appreciated. Thanks. Okay so I absolutely relate
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