{"id":48855,"date":"2023-01-20T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafemomcom.bigscoots-staging.com\/blog\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:17:58","slug":"mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying","title":{"rendered":"Mommy Went to a Rage Room &#038; It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Being a mom is the most fulfilling, heartwarming, beautiful job a woman will ever have. And it&rsquo;s the hardest.<\/p><p>As moms, we talk about those two things all the time. We share photos with captions about how adorable our kids are on social media, along with hilarious memes about <a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/208635-mommy_brain_instagram_photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">battling mom brain<\/a>, being &ldquo;on&rdquo; from sunup to sundown, and the seemingly insurmountable task that is bedtime.<\/p><p>Here&rsquo;s something we moms never seem to talk about, though: <a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/219848-trying-not-to-yell-at-kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how pissed off we are<\/a>. We probably don&rsquo;t even want to admit to ourselves how irritating (and, quite frankly, infuriating) the challenges of motherhood are. We tell ourselves we should suck it up and be grateful when our kid won&rsquo;t stop screaming or leaves Legos all over the floor that we step on in the middle of the night. We brush off the fact that we, too, would like to drop to the ground with our toddlers and kick and scream about how frustrated we are. Instead, we stuff our rage down, never expressing it beyond a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CnZfiEQNBLy\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">social media post that&rsquo;s intended to be perceived as a joke<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a mom is the most fulfilling, heartwarming, beautiful job a woman will ever have. And it&rsquo;s the hardest.As moms, we talk about those two things all the time. We share photos with captions about how adorable our kids are on social media, along with hilarious memes about battling mom brain, being &ldquo;on&rdquo; from sunup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":697286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-12-17T02:49:42Z","apple_news_api_id":"6460a099-c65d-472f-9b3c-65976cc1f6bb","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-05-01T22:19:02Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AZGCgmcZdRy-bPGWXbMH2uw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,85],"tags":[244,1627,9528],"featured":[],"internal-tag":[],"series":[28234],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mommy Went to a Rage Room &amp; It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I worked through so many emotions while smashing, throwing, and breaking things.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mommy Went to a Rage Room &amp; It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We should no longer be expected to suck it up.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CafeMom.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-20T04:40:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-01T22:17:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1162358429-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2176\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1451\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mommy Went to a Rage Room &amp; It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"We should no longer be expected to suck it up.\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lorena Mendieta Bueno\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d7089772f0722a31923216a52a130dde\"},\"headline\":\"Mommy Went to a Rage Room &#038; It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-20T04:40:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-01T22:17:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/iStock-1162358429-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"being a mom\",\"mom life\",\"mom rage\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Being a Mom\",\"Parenting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying\",\"name\":\"Mommy Went to a Rage Room & It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/iStock-1162358429-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-20T04:40:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-01T22:17:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d7089772f0722a31923216a52a130dde\"},\"description\":\"I worked through so many emotions while smashing, throwing, and breaking things.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/iStock-1162358429-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/iStock-1162358429-1.jpg\",\"width\":2176,\"height\":1451,\"caption\":\"iStock\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\\\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Parenting\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/parenting\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Mommy Went to a Rage Room &#038; It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"CafeMom.com\",\"description\":\"Parenting, Baby Names, Celebrities, and Royal News\",\"alternateName\":\"CafeMom\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d7089772f0722a31923216a52a130dde\",\"name\":\"Lorena Mendieta Bueno\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/83d50bc2e6a58deb7a64fd00ed09be83ecd7f01dece1888ab1e681e4b2e792e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/83d50bc2e6a58deb7a64fd00ed09be83ecd7f01dece1888ab1e681e4b2e792e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/83d50bc2e6a58deb7a64fd00ed09be83ecd7f01dece1888ab1e681e4b2e792e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lorena Mendieta Bueno\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/author\\\/lbueno\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mommy Went to a Rage Room & It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger","description":"I worked through so many emotions while smashing, throwing, and breaking things.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mommy Went to a Rage Room & It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger","og_description":"We should no longer be expected to suck it up.","og_url":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying","og_site_name":"CafeMom.com","article_published_time":"2023-01-20T04:40:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-01T22:17:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2176,"height":1451,"url":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1162358429-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Mommy Went to a Rage Room & It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger","twitter_description":"We should no longer be expected to suck it up.","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying"},"author":{"name":"Lorena Mendieta Bueno","@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7089772f0722a31923216a52a130dde"},"headline":"Mommy Went to a Rage Room &#038; It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger","datePublished":"2023-01-20T04:40:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-01T22:17:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying"},"wordCount":205,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1162358429-1.jpg","keywords":["being a mom","mom life","mom rage"],"articleSection":["Being a Mom","Parenting"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying","url":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying","name":"Mommy Went to a Rage Room & It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1162358429-1.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-20T04:40:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-01T22:17:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7089772f0722a31923216a52a130dde"},"description":"I worked through so many emotions while smashing, throwing, and breaking things.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1162358429-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1162358429-1.jpg","width":2176,"height":1451,"caption":"iStock"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/mommy-went-to-a-rage-room-why-breaking-stuff-was-satisfying#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Parenting","item":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Mommy Went to a Rage Room &#038; It Did More Than Just Help Me Conquer My Anger"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/","name":"CafeMom.com","description":"Parenting, Baby Names, Celebrities, and Royal News","alternateName":"CafeMom","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7089772f0722a31923216a52a130dde","name":"Lorena Mendieta Bueno","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83d50bc2e6a58deb7a64fd00ed09be83ecd7f01dece1888ab1e681e4b2e792e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83d50bc2e6a58deb7a64fd00ed09be83ecd7f01dece1888ab1e681e4b2e792e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83d50bc2e6a58deb7a64fd00ed09be83ecd7f01dece1888ab1e681e4b2e792e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lorena Mendieta Bueno"},"url":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/author\/lbueno"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-18 20:27:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758221,"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48855\/revisions\/758221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48855"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=48855"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=48855"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=48855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}