This is installment # 1.
1. This one is all over Pinterest, I have seen it printed on plaques and books and is definitel a Facebook favorite.

I get it. The kids come before the mopping. The kids' happiness is wayyy more important than a perfect, immaculate home. This is why my house is FAR (farrrrrr) from immaculate. However, I have to say that I feel a kid who grows up in a well-kept, clean and safe home is better off and, probably, generally happier. Plus, it sets a good example for how they should keep their homes as adults. I love that our house is generally neat and organized. The boys' things aren't strewn about everywhere. They have clean clothes to wear. I can prepare their meals in clean, sanitary kitchen. Sorry, but these things matter too. I want my sons to remember growing up in a home in which their family took pride. (Side note: I am also extremely grateful that they have a father that sets an example for manhood which involves helping out around the house.) This quote is annoying to me because it is, as most of these motherhood quotes are, an unrealistic overgeneralization. Now I am supposed to feel BAD if I keep my house tidy? I call B.S.
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