PHOTO STORY: The dilemma, good mum - bad mum...

We live in complicated times, in which thousands of options tempt us towards a simplified, black-and-white view of the world. I don't know about you, but I have never yet met a person in my life who was only bad or only good. The situations I judged as bad, or even "terrible", also brought me far more than the "happy" ones. Paradoxically, I expected a lot from those and was disappointed in the end. The older I get, the more I'm convinced that nothing is black and white.

I keep coming across the label good mum, so I ask: "And what exactly is that, please???"

• The one who raises her child without shouting, or the one who sets clear boundaries?
• The one who carries her child close to her heart in a sling, or the one who proudly pushes him in a pram?
• The one who breastfeeds until the age of 4, or the one who lovingly prepares purées and formula?
• The one who lets her child stay in the parents' bed, or the one who treats him to his own room?
• The one who trusts vaccination, or the one who is afraid?
• The one who doesn't spend a single minute without him, or the one who leaves him with the grandmothers for the weekend?
• The one who works alongside raising her child, or the one who enjoys maternity leave?

The answer is: EVERY ONE. The good mum is just a MYTH, so let's not support it by sometimes wondering whether we are good enough mums. WE ARE. Full stop. In honour of that, here are our black-and-white outfits...

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Matias: Black cap with ears and checked shirt: Reserved, Black ripped joggers: Mirau.sk, Trainers: CCC.eu/sk
Me: Black T-shirt, checked shirt: Reserved, White jeans: Zoot.sk, White trainers: CCC.eu/sk, Sunglasses: Eyerim.sk, thank you to www.rychlypresun.sk for lending us the remote-controlled Ford Ranger car. Matias enjoyed this photoshoot enormously and it was a big problem to get him out of the car!