Mom guilt
Also called mum guilt, mommy guilt
Mom guilt is the name for the guilt and shame mothers feel when they think they're falling short of their own or other people's expectations as a parent. The name points at moms, but any parent or caregiver can feel it.
How it's said
I'm not sure if mum guilt is the right term but does anyone feel like they're never enough?
Hi all, I recently had my little one, and I am struggling a lot with mum guilt.
Mom guilt is a very natural experience when you consider all the competing responsibilities and expectations in our lives.
Who says it
In the UK parents say mum guilt.
Where it came from
The word is about moms because, as Cleveland Clinic puts it, moms are often assumed to carry the juggling of work and parenting, though the same guilt can come to any parent. The longer form mommy guilt was the title of a 2005 parenting book by Julie Bort, Aviva Pflock and Devra Renner.
In 2011 a TODAY article on the mommy guilt trap cited a BabyCenter poll in which 94 percent of moms said they felt guilty.