It’s a fantastic Irish summer day and everyone’s enjoying the beach. A young family is walking towards me. The child’s swings his head towards a discarded drink can. ‘Don’t jump on it,’ says the mother. Her words transform him into a guided missile that locks onto the drink can lying on the pavement. He’s jumps […]
Anita’s song captures all our mothering worries, whether we say them out loud or if they’re the thoughts chasing through our heads. Mothers seem to be programmed to be continually asking questions about the child’s welfare.
We forget these questions have a ‘sell-by’ date.
Supermum runs round doing everything for this child. Imagine this same child on her first day at school. Where’s Mummy?
If you haven’t watched Anita Renfroe’s the ‘Mum Song’, for a day’s worth of mothering crammed into 3 amusing minutes, watch this before reading on.
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