Shruti Seth Instagram – My parenting goals The hardest part of being a parent is never knowing if you’re doing the right thing at a particular point in time. Other than the most obvious parenting for me is largely a ‘learning on the job’ type of situation. I try my best to be mindful about not repeating the mistakes that perhaps my parents made while raising me. And yet a lot of my parenting does come from them. Over the years, I have tried to have an honest look inwards and gain knowledge about how best to behave around one’s children. Despite my best efforts, I have been harsh and mean at times, lost my patience often, gotten angry, even raised my voice sometimes and have felt terrible about it afterwards and sometimes even while I’m spiralling. 🤦‍♀️ In such situations instead of badgering myself for my failings, I have been patient and kind because I want my daughter to see and emulate that. I hope that will teach her something about human failings, forgiveness and equip her to deal with conflict better . I have always made it a point to acknowledge my behaviour and apologise to my daughter if I have hurt her feelings. As for myself I have sat quietly and listened to my husband point out my weak moments as a mother without getting defensive and combative and I continue to seek guidance from him and other fellow parents, whenever I feel lost, which is more often than not. I know that even with the best intentions, I will cause some sort of damage, as is the fate of all parenting. It can only be good enough and nothing more. In the end I hope that my daughter knows that it is my love for her that has been my greatest impetus to improve myself as a person and if I can change even a small thing about myself, then that’ll be the greatest testament of my love for her. And I hope she can forgive me for the times I was a shitty mom.🙈 What’s your parenting journey like? #parenting #emotionalintelligence #eiwithshruti #selfawareness #shruphotodiary