Anyway, since my last few posts have caused some reactions, just thought I'd clarify that I definitely see a difference between saying you are proud of something and excessively repeating what you do well or what your children do well as a cover up for some insecurity you, yourself might have. Let's admit it, a lot of people do live vicariously through their children or live through themselves and feel the need to tell everyone of their or their children's accomplishments in order to feel more secure, to build up their own self-esteem by comparing with others.

The instances I was talking about were exaggerated to be humorous and not to be taken seriously, that's why I exaggerated them. But, I have met people in real life who talk incessantly about their children or their accomplishments and it's obvious that they are doing it to feel better about themselves, and you can usually see through that and make a distinction between what is bragging or boasting in the sense of the word and was is just saying something because you are proud. I'm just saying that in my personal experience, there are a lot of parents who boast about their babies' accomplishments and I really do mean boast and as a mother of a baby, it can get annoying after awhile to hear "Oh, your son doesn't speak yet?" or "Your daughter doesn't walk yet?", "Mine has been doing that since he was 6 months old" because it can cause worry and it can cause you to think that your child isn't normal.

But, I do admit that being simply proud of something and sharing it can at times be taken the wrong way for boasting or bragging. I think you always have to ask yourself why you say something, what is your motivation for writing or saying something. A lot of times I surprise myself with my true motivations.