Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I'm exhausted from taking care of my grandsons, 1 and 4, from 8 am until 5 pm. Luckily I have the weekend to recouperate. But next week is two full days of both boys and three days of the one year old. They are sweet, but into trouble constantly and the older hits the younger then the younger bites or pinches. I remember my Dad telling about his older brother hitting him with a plate, which resulted in a scar. This sibling stuff is intense. Because of Covid, they are used to their mom being there every minute, but now she is teaching second grade, so there is a lot of distress and confusion. And the baby is about to go to day care full time - zero to sixty in one fell swoop. I don't know how I did it with four kids, but I'm beginning to think I failed them a lot. Parenting is challenging, scary and you don't always know what's best for your kids. I believe my daughter is doing the right thing to go back to work, but I know she's nervous and fearful that she's hurting the boys. Because as parents we are always conflicted and unsure. But especially us mothers. Guilt is our middle name.