From one Mum to another...I've been in an accident with my child (toddler at the time) in the car. We were both fine, too. You're strong. You love your son. Celebrate the fact that you're both okay. Cars, clothes, and belongings are all repairable or replaceable. You and your son are not. You're both okay, and that is what matters most. Bumps and bruises happen in life, both physically and emotionally. This is an emotional bruise for you; all the "OMG's" and "imagine ifs" rolling around in your brain. You'll get through it just fine. Part of being a great parent (guardian/family member/friend,etc.) is having these bumps and bruise moments knowing they're happening because we care so much. You're okay. He's okay. That's the most important thing of all.

It sounds like she's blaming herself for something that was out of her control. She didn't know she was going to get in a car accident. It was just that, an accident. All she did was put her son in the car, and given that her son is pretty much okay, that must mean he was buckled up correctly. Nothing about that situation makes her a bad mother in any way. Bad things are going to happen to her kid. That is simply a fact of life. He's going to get sick, and he's going to get hurt, and one day he's going to die. These things happening doesn't make her a bad mother. These things just happen, and there's nothing we can do to stop that. The most she can do, is try to prepare him for when these things do happen. If she's doing that, and she's teaching him to treat others with respect and kindness, that's what makes her a good mother. Blaming herself for what happened isn't going to help anyone, least of all her and her son. What she needs to do is keep looking forward, and think about how to prepare her son's future.

It's 2025. Getting out of bed could in some ways, for certain people, be considered dangerous. Consider what we're exposed to on the daily. Miss a step on the way downstairs? Possibly fatal. If we're alive, we're winning. Edit: And you can't back off and withdraw. Life's too short. Put a chokehold on that mofugga and seize the day.

I can't really do nothing. Except say your alive your son is alive and barely hurt if you were a bad mom you would let him do stupid things and not care. The fact that you feel that your a bad mom makes you a good mom because you feel regret. But your not a bad mom This is to the lady btw

Yeah, especially if it was another person who hit her, it is definitely not something she must carry the weight for. I understand the maternal “habit” so to speak, about it being your job to care for the son, yet, in this case, she did her best. She has nothing to worry about as the son isn’t hurt, nor was it her fault, I assume. Hopefully this helps. As time moves on the incident will carry less emotional weight, or it should. It’s all okay. I wish them all a speedy recovery and that stronger bonds will be formed. I’ll pray that the back injury heals and that all is well! Thanks! :)