We’ve all been there. At the store, park, or other public location when our little one has a full blown meltdown or our older one is just refusing to comply with our requests. Your heart is racing, you’re doing the best you can, but you’re frustrated and you’re starting to feel the not-so-subtle glances of strangers who you just know are judging you and your parenting capabilities. Your tone changes as your jaw tightens and all of a sudden, just like your little one, you’ve lost it.

No judgement here—it happens to us all!