This Mom's Honest Post About Accidents And Failure Is A Must-Read

A blogger and mom of three is receiving a lot of attention for her resfreshingly honest Facebook post about parenting "fails" and accidents. On Sunday, Jennifer Campbell posted a photo of her mud-covered kids, along with an eye-opening story. One afternoon, she wrote, she was nursing her then-infant son on a couch facing the backyard.  "I could see my 4-year-old son playing on the slide, but the 2-year-old was out of sight -- not unusual as we had a very large, gated yard," she recalled. Suddenly, a woman appeared around the side of the house holding Campbell's 2-year-old. The stranger shouted at the mom, "Do you know where I just found your child?" She then explained that the toddler was on the road and could've been hit by a car. "You are LUCKY I came along when I did," the woman added.  Accidents happen, and when they do people need love and compassion, not lectures and blame. To this day, Campbell still doesn't know how her son got outside the backyard gate, but the angry lecture she received from this stranger stuck with her. "I cried of course," she wrote in the post. "It makes you sick to think that something serious could happen to your child, especially in YOUR care. It's called an accident. And despite an accident being an accident, mothers will still blame themselves for it and carry the guilt for life." Campbell -- whose three sons are now 6, 4 and 2 -- proceeded to list the times her kids have had accidents and "close calls." She wrote: A f...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news