I was at the supermarket, juggling my crying 7-year-old son and my bags. A woman in line sighed loudly, then started filming me. As I walked out, she said, ’People like you should never have kids!’ No one said a word. I was going to yell at her, but I froze when I saw my son.

He was entirely covered in chocolate—his clothes, face, and even hair. I was so overwhelmed with a month’s worth of groceries and tasks I still needed to do that I didn’t pay close attention to what my kid was doing. Turns out, while following me in the market, he