This post was sponsored by the Role Mommy Writer’s Network, all opinions are my own.

Mom guilt. It’s part of motherhood, and we all commit parenting sins for which we must confess. Or conceal until the end of time. Whatever works for you. Since I’m an over-sharer, here’s one of mine:

My daughter is terrified of thunderstorms because she’s thinks the power will go out and she’s afraid of the dark. There are no windows in the kids bathroom, so if the power goes out even during the daytime, the bathroom will be in complete darkness. On days when I’m completely exhausted at the end of the day and my daughter wants to play “kitchen” for a half our plus in the tub, sometimes I’ll tell her I heard thunder just to get her out of the bath. Not one of my finer parenting moments, but I feel so much better now!

Mom is a new sitcom premiering on CBS Monday September 23rd at 9:30 ET/8:30 CT.

MOM is a comedy from executive producer Chuck Lorre starring Anna Faris as a newly sober single mom raising two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls, and multiple Emmy Award winner Allison Janney as her critical, estranged mother. Christy is a waitress at a posh Napa Valley establishment who is four months clean and doing her best to be a good mom and overcome a history of questionable choices. Her sobriety is tested when her recovering alcoholic mom Bonnie reappears, chock-full of passive-aggressive insights into Christy’s many mistakes. Bonnie joins Christy’s already complicated circle of relationships: her handsome, married boss – and lover – Gabriel; the restaurant’s hot-tempered chef, Rudy; her pretty, 16-going-on-25-yearold daughter, Violet; her sweet but overly honest son, Roscoe; her irresponsible ex and Roscoe’s father, Baxter; and Violet’s clueless boyfriend, Luke. Christy tries to remain positive as she pursues her new path in life, but she faces an uphill battle, surrounded by a dubious support system – and a copious amount of dysfunction.