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Today's Hoda Kotb opened up about a horrible experience involving parenting shame

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00:00You know what's weird? I got a physical letter in the mail, a letter that came to my address
00:05from a woman who wrote, who do you think you are having kids at that age?
00:13I literally read it and I thought, oh my God, I can't believe someone, and like put a stamp on
00:19it
00:19and sent it. Like it arrived that way. And it's funny because there were a bunch of letters
00:24together and someone said, will you sign this for my kid? And I saw that one. And for some reason,
00:29I literally tore it up. But I felt horrible in that moment because there is something that
00:38bothers you inside about that. But then I thought, who would take a piece of paper and a pen and
00:43write like that and fold it and put it in the envelope with a stamp and go to the trouble
00:47of
00:47mailing it. And anybody that would see the way you are with those two little girls,
00:52like that's the thing that I feel like I'm trying to remember. It's like that stranger that took
00:59the time to write something so mean when she doesn't even know what you're like as a mother.
01:04I mean, first of all, forget that argument. But she's never seen you hold those little girls.
01:10Like that infuriates me.
01:12Yeah, but I think why it's so hard is that as parents, we're already questioning
01:18ourselves. That's why I was on that plane thinking. Yeah, I'm the worst mom. And then
01:23somebody said that. Yeah, that's exactly I feel like let's just all let go of any of that and
01:29support each other. Yeah, as parents because it ain't easy. Yeah, where you know, it's not easy.
01:35Yes, because every parent every parent is second-guessing and yeah, you're right.
01:40Yeah, we don't know. We don't know. Have you ever been on a plane with your kid crying?
01:44You know what that feels like and anyone who gives you that disdain look either doesn't have
01:48children doesn't understand or forgot like how hard it is to deal with it.
01:52But you're right, you have like pirates in your pants.
01:56Right.
01:56On my birthday last year, this I was traveling with three kids or I guess two years ago for
02:02Thanksgiving, I just lost my grandma. I was so exhausted and we're flying on the
02:08airplane and it is my birthday and it's like I have two children on my lap.
02:13She goes all over my face.
02:16And the flight attendant said you look like you're having a hard time want some
02:19champagne. And I was like you were the nicest woman. I will drink that champagne.
02:25Yes, I love that.
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