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This is a transcript from the podcast 'The Mom Hour' where the hosts share a clip from another podcast called 'Pop Culture Moms' from ABC and Good Morning America. The clip features former MTV News correspondent SuChin Pak discussing how parenting is an opportunity to reparent ourselves and confront our own struggles and insecurities.
SuChin Pak candidly shares her personal experience of feeling overwhelmed, depressed, and disconnected from the idealized version of motherhood she had envisioned. She emphasizes that loving your children and hating aspects of motherhood are not mutually exclusive, and that realization helped her overcome the immense guilt she felt.
The hosts reflect on SuChin's perspective, acknowledging the pressure mothers often face to 'parent correctly' and the constant self-criticism that accompanies even simple moments of play with their children. They appreciate SuChin's openness about the emotional challenges of early motherhood.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Parenting provides an opportunity to confront and 'reparent' one's own struggles and insecurities.
- Loving your children and disliking aspects of motherhood are not mutually exclusive experiences.
- There is immense societal pressure on mothers to 'parent correctly' and constant self-criticism, even during simple moments.
- Many mothers go through periods of feeling overwhelmed, depressed and disconnected from their idealized version of motherhood.
- Accepting that periodic feelings of misery as a mother do not negate one's love for their children is a powerful realization.
- Being open about the emotional challenges of early motherhood helps reduce stigma and feelings of isolation.
- Self-compassion and letting go of rigid ideals about 'perfect' parenting is important for a mother's well-being.
- Pop culture can provide relatable examples to help process the realities of modern parenthood.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “I had kind of an awakening at the worst time, which I think a lot of us can relate to. You know, when you're just like, oh, it just can't get worse than this. My daughter was six months. My son was two years old, and I wasn't, I mean, just every in therapy, in, I was doing past life regression. I was doing chakra healing. I did. What is that Reiki? You know what I mean? I mean, just any kind of healing modality. Because I was like, I am broken.“ by SuChin Pak
- “I think it's like, sometimes there's an overload of information about, like, oh, well, if you're playing with your children, try not to be the one that leads. Directs the play. Like, let them take the lead. So you just kind of can always criticize yourself, even when you're just trying to keep fun.“ by Andie
- “So for me, that was, like, earth shattering realization that I had come to that. Like, there are times, and maybe more often than not, where I am miserable does not make me a bad mother.“ by SuChin Pak
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The Mom Hour
Mom Hour Media
3/15/24
Today we’re sharing an episode of another podcast we think you might love: Pop Culture Moms.
Hosts Andie and Sabrina are toddler moms and best friends of 20 years. In this new podcast they’re taking their obsession with TV and movies to the next level by talking to celebrities, writers and fellow “scholars” of pop culture about what they can learn from the fictional moms they love most. In the excerpt you’ll hear today, former MTV News correspondent SuChin Pak talks about reparenting ourselves when we become parents.
Listen to Pop Culture Moms here!
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