The kids look darling in their school pictures. They have some great backgrounds and some awesome portraits. They are behaving in those moments. There are times when they are not so perfect. I admit it. I am not a perfect Mom. My kids are not perfect kids.
They can be really good. When they misbehave, I try to think of other moments when they were really good. Maybe, when they were first born, and they would coo and smile at me. I try to remember how vulnerable and innocent they were.
Now they are not so perfect, as I am not perfect. My parents were not perfect, and neither were their parents. We can learn to do things differently and recognize when we need to be better than we are. Perfect people do not exist,