Congratulations: You?ve taken an important first step! You read the headline and you?re here, wondering if you?ve violated any of the cardinal rules of parenthood.
Hold on?there are cardinal rules of parenthood" Well, if you don?t want friends and random strangers to roll their eyes at you when you turn your back, then yes, there kind of are.
But you couldn?t be one of those parents, could you" Despite your best intentions, the answer is: maybe. That overwhelming, blinding love we have for our kids can make us do weird things. So, while we all think our kids are perfect and talented, they may not be the most perfect and most talented kids ever to walk the Earth. And becoming a mom changes us in a very fundamental way?but that happens to everyone. If you?ve got some perspective on that, you?re on the right path. If not, you might be crossing the line from innocent to?you guessed it?insufferable. Here are some telltale signs.
You announce your pregnancy during someone else?s big moment.
When you?re finally ready to share your big news, you feel like you?re about to burst if you don?t do it right then. But you won?t actually burst, so hold off on the announcement if you?re celebrating someone else?s big moment. Prince Harry and Meghan, I?m looking at you. I still can’t believe you didn’t wait to tell the family until after Princess Eugenie?s wedding?and waited to tell the rest of the world till, like, a week later instead of a day later.
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