# Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood: The Good, the Bad, and the Scary - Hardcover

by **Jill Smokler** (Author)

**Based on the hugely popular website, ScaryMommy.com, _Confessions of a Scary Mommy_ digs deep into the underbelly of parenting and tackles the issues many mothers are too afraid to expose.**

**Sometimes I just let my c****hildren fall asleep in front of the TV****.**

In a culture that idealizes motherhood, it's scary to confess that, in your house, being a mother is beautiful and dirty and joyful and frustrating all at once. Admitting that it's not easy doesn't make you a bad mom; at least, it shouldn't.

**If I can't survive my daughter as a toddler, how the hell am I going to get through the teenage years?**

When Jill Smokler was first home with her small children, she thought her blog would be something to keep friends and family updated. To her surprise, she hit a chord in the hearts of mothers everywhere.

**I end up doing my son's homework. It's wrong, but so much easier.**

Total strangers were contributing their views on that strange reality called motherhood. As other women shared their stories, Jill realized she wasn't alone in her feelings of exhaustion and imperfection.

**My eighteen month old still can't say "Mommy" but used the word "shit" in perfect context.**

But she sensed her readers were still holding back, so decided to start an anonymous confessional, a place where real moms could leave their most honest thoughts without fearing condemnation.

**I pretend to be happy but I cry every night in the shower.**

The reactions were amazing: some sad, some pee-in-your-pants funny, some brutally honest. But they were real, not a commercial glamorization.

**I clock out of motherhood at 8** **P.M.** **and hide in the basement with my laptop and a beer.**

If you're already a fan, lock the bathroom door on your whining kids, run a bubble bath, and settle in. If you've not encountered Scary Mommy before, break out a glass of champagne as well, because you'll be toasting your initiation into a select club.

**I know why some animals eat their young.**

In chapters that cover husbands (The Biggest Baby of Them All) to homework (Didn't I Already Graduate?), _Confessions of a Scary Mommy_ combines all-new essays from Jill with the best of the anonymous confessions.

**Sometimes I wish my son was still little--then I hear kids screaming at the store.**

As Jill says, "We like to paint motherhood as picture perfect. A newborn peacefully resting on his mother's chest. A toddler taking tentative first steps into his mother's loving arms. A mother fluffing her daughter's prom dress. These moments are indeed miraculous and joyful; they can also be few and far between." Of course you adore your kids. Of course you would lay down your life for them. But be honest now: Have you ever wondered what possessed you to sign up for the job of motherhood?

**STOP! DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOK UNTIL YOU RECITE THESE VOWS!**

**I shall remember** that no mother is perfect and my children will thrive because, and sometimes even in spite, of me.

**I shall not preach** to a fellow mother who has not asked my opinion. It's none of my damn business.

**I shall maintain** a sense of humor about all things motherhood.

**Number of Pages:** 176

**Dimensions:** 0.73 x 7.33 x 5.28 IN

**Publication Date:** April 03, 2012

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