Is this true about being a mom?

Being protective of your offspring doesn't mean you're a *****. I means you're normal.

Having a child, for many people, is a transforming experience. Your whole mindset and values are likely to change when you realize you created and are responsible for how another human being views life and who s/he becomes.

Before I had kids, I know I was a lot nicer toward children, let them do whatever they wanted, did everything they asked. I would bend over backwards.

After becoming a mom, I realized that sometimes you have to say no. Do I think that's me being a *****? No, I think that's just becoming a bit more reasonable. If I had remained as I was, my children would be very spoiled, and would know no boundaries.

I think being protective of your children is a different issue entirely.... There are very few situations that come up in your life where you have to be protective of your children. Most of the time, issues can be talked out civilly, without having to resort to animal instincts of protecting one's offspring. However, in those rare cases, yes, you do have to stand up for your child (or children). They can't protect themselves, and I think they are so much more fragile, that yes, it does call for being more aggressive with people if they are threatening your child's well-being.

I think most every mom (no matter what species) has the maternal instinct to protect her offspring, and because we feel many people could be out to get our children we do turn in to a somewhat 'bitchy' person when we feel threatened. I have always been a little rough around the edges but now I tend to direct my frustration to those that upset myself or my son. I think we feel like we are the only ones that can truely protect our kids so we maybe sometimes over exaggerate the situation.

No one will EVER come between me and my son and sometimes maybe that idea comes off as a little bitchy...

hope that helps...

I don't think you necessarily have to be a mean person. It's just that having children definitely brings out your protective instinct. My kids are the two things that I can honestly say I would take on a freight train if that's what it took to keep them safe. You can still be a nice person and have fun after becoming a mother. (In fact, those are wonderful qualities for a mother.)

Some are...I think we are more like our animal ansestors than we care to believe. Its said in emolution that despite the fact we call outselves highly intellegent we havent actually mentally developed that much in thousands of years.

Also if you want to compareb mums to animals you need to take a trip to the school gates lol

I am very protective of my son.

I don't usually take crap from anyone so I'm usually always a b*tch. :)

You can into protective mama bear mode, it's only natural.

being a mum has made me a lot better, nicer, considerate, loving, less selfish person

No not necessarily you just need discipline!