Do you ever wish you could be SuperMom? You know – the women who has it all. You know the type – she is always smiling, wears great outfits, always has her make up and hair done. Her kids are perfect. Her husband is perfect. Her house is always neat and clean. She cooks homemade dinners every night. And she somehow manages to run the PTA, organize the car pool, volunteer for every class trip. And she’s probably a lawyer during the day and a surgeon on the weekends. Yeah, right.

This person does not exist. And anyone who pretends to be this kind of person is more than likely miserable. Just think about how unhappy you would be if you spent all of your time trying to live up to some impossible task.

The whole image of the SuperMom was created by advertisers as a tool to sell us things. If we see an ad that shows a happy looking family who seems to have it all, it is our human nature to emulate them. We want what they have. If the mother of that family is using xyz soap, we want to use xyz soap.

Over the years, we have, as a society, held on to these images of “perfect” families as our role models. The media also takes a turn in this by creating television shows and movies that feature these perfect families.

Many people feel bad about themselves when they realize that they do not ‘match up’ to these families. Don’t let the fictional SuperMom make you feel bad about yourself.

Remember – this person is not real. And if she ever had to live a day in your shoes, she would be falling apart by noon!

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