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My mother did her best..in her own way..is that it?

I'm not directing this at you, Princess, but lately (during my process of healing) I've been hearing this and the trite statement, "he/she did the best he/she could do at the time with what he/she had." I am so sick of hearing it I could puke! I'll add, as you did, ..."is that it?
I had bad days while parenting.
My hub had bad days while parenting.
We neither one hurt our children, outside the normal discipline that was needed.

[I had a forever post going, but decided to not leave it, because of my vow to quit talking about THINGS. I want to tell all, but just this morning I reminded how it is sinful...(Prov. 18:8, 21)... the first of the two verses came to me in two separate reading sessions, different sources, too...I figured it was a reminder.]