What is mother's guilt?

Many parents would agree that balancing responsibilities towards their child, household, career, and more, is no easy feat.

Elaborating, actor Neha Dhupia Bedi, a mother to two children, opened up about mom’s guilt, and how it is something most parent feels.

Mom’s or mother’s guilt is said to be the relentless, pervasive feeling of not doing enough as a parent, or not balancing things right, or not taking enough decisions that may be good for children‘s future.

According to a January 2020 study published in ResearchGate, mothers often describe experiencing guilt when thinking about living up to the “good mother” ideal.

It further notes that guilt is a self-conscious emotion that is considered to be distressful as is associated with doing something wrong or not having done something one should have.

The study of 143 mothers also stated that self-compassion may offer mothers a positive way to deal with guilty feelings.