These moms have been misjudged for their parenting decisions, and now they're speaking out.
Whatever choices they make, moms are criticized.
If they formula feed, they are bad moms; if they breastfeed into toddlerhood, they're also bad moms. If they have an elective C-section, it's bad, but if they accidentally give birth on their bathroom floor, that's also their fault.
The judgment touches every aspect of parenting, from cosleeping to how often kids are bathed. And moms are often judged more harshly than dads.
The "bad moms" narrative is not new, but social media has made it worse. Someone who posts day-to-day content about their kids might share something that they think is harmless — like pushing their 6-year-old in a stroller — that opens the floodgates of criticism. Judging parents, especially moms, has turned into an online "national sport," as The Atlantic described it.
So we wanted to celebrate and tell the stories of those who have been publicly scrutinized for their parenting decisions. They are not, in fact, bad moms. They are just moms who refuse to cave in to the judgments of strangers.