Quick! I'm going to say the phrase Super Mom and I want you to tell me the first thing that comes to your mind. If you're like me, it's quite picturesque. She's making the quintessential  breakfast in a perfectly decorated kitchen, with perfectly clean baseboards and perfectly happy children. There are no crumbs on the floor, no dishes in the sink, everyone is smiling. Sort of like something out of a magazine shoot with glossy pages and smiles full of perfectly white teeth. The problem is, our perception is far removed from reality. Reality doesn't look like the covers of parenting magazines. In reality, we know that one of those children is going to drop a few crumbs on the … [Read more...]