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The Problem Isn’t My Kids (or Me), It’s Everybody Else

By Meredith Franco Meyers

I am making a barrier with my legs in order to keep my active 2-year-old at bay. Why am I pushing her away? So I can write. Selfish mommy!

When I think of what some other moms/friends/random people on the street would say if they saw me like this — flexing my foot and pressing it firmly but gently against my daughter’s chest while I say, “No,…

Meredith Franco Meyers

Meredith Franco Meyers has written for Fit Pregnancy,  SELF, Fitness, Parents.com, Today's Parent, CafeMom, HuffPo, American Baby, and more. She co-edited and co-wrote two books for The Bump (The Bump Book of Lists for Pregnancy and Baby and The Bump Pregnancy Calendar & Journal). She is the managing editor for EuroCheapo.com. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.

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