One mum has escaped the stigma attached to daycare. After noticing other moms expressing how “grateful” they were that they didn’t “have” to send their kids to day care, she had had enough.
“I hate the idea that if you send your kids to day care, you’re not raising them,” TikTok founder Veronica said in her latest video, then saw other moms There are some toxic and judgmental messages being circulated on social media.
“People will say, ‘Oh, you know, we made some sacrifices, my kid used to have a lot of fun at water day, but now we go to the water park together,’ and she does it better,” she mimicked.
“First, this is not an option for every family. So, stop making moms feel bad about sending their kids to daycare. Second, my kids absolutely love water days and daycare .In fact, when I went to pick her up, she was angry because she was having fun with her friends.
She continued, “Third, she’s very, very smart because they taught her a lot there. So smart. And fourth, I raised her. Like, I’m instilling morals in her. The number of times I see her. I can raise her more than her daycare teacher can and she can still have fun in school. They’re not mutually exclusive like things, so this story, this career mom sheen, has to go away. Not cute.
Some TikTok users agreed with Veronica and expressed their opinions in the video.
“Daycare just expands the village and helps your child thrive. It’s great for socialization and doesn’t affect anything about raising a child. It enriches it,” one user wrote.
Another said: “I want to ask all the moms out there who feel this way, are they planning to stop raising their kids once they go to kindergarten? When they start their 5k, will they think they’re done?
“It’s really frustrating when people think of daycare as a negative thing. I always say we want her to go to school and she’s learning a lot and has great social skills and independence,” said another.
Others agreed, but countered that stay-at-home moms are also judged for their decisions not to work traditional jobs.
“I agree 100%, but it’s kind of crazy how ashamed I feel to be a member of SAHM. Why can’t we just do what we have to do and stop judging each other,” they wrote.
I think the moral of this story is that no matter what women decide to do after having children, we are all destined to be viewed as losers by one group or another!
