You are so sweet to your fellow mother: “You are doing great”

A nice boost on National Compliment Day: 67% of you stand up for your fellow mother, according to our Mombracing survey. We list 10 of your heart under the belt moments. Do you remember yourself, or the supermom who helped you through it?

Supermoms

“In the supermarket, a mother had a screaming baby with her. She got comments. Then I took her baby with me.”

“A friend of mine has a son with a cleft lip. Much has been said and written about this. Then I said something about it.”

To a mother who got stuck for a while: “You do it well the way you do it yourself. Others can talk easily, but often have no idea what it is like.”

“If I see a mom getting comments on how she’s doing, I text her.”

“I regularly say out loud that it is easy to judge from the sidelines.”

“If one friend (mother) says something about the other, I try to put something positive in return or to tone it down.”

“When I see a mother being flaked on social media, I stand up for her. It is very easy to judge when you do not know someone and from behind a keyboard.”

“One mom thought she had to do everything 100% right. I comforted her with the words: ‘No, you don’t have to!’”

“When a mom got stuck I said: “Let’s respect each other and not judge the world and people around us. Everyone is a good parent, there is no education for motherhood. You are doing fantastic!”

“If a mother has a hard time with her children, I usually say that my children do/are exactly the same.”

87% of mothers in the Netherlands have to deal with mom shaming, according to research by Kek Mama. The editors found this so shocking that they started a campaign: Kek Mama launches mombracing, the counterpart of momshaming, and calls on all mothers to support each other instead of criticizing from now on.

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