People call me the worst mum in the world after I went to Disneyland without my kids – sorry but I need to put me first
A WOMAN has revealed how she was described as ‘the worst mum in the world’ after going to Disneyland without her children.
Madalyn Monaghan, 30, received death threats after visiting Disney World in Florida in August without her daughter, 11 and son, 6.
The mum, Charleston, South Carolina, shared snaps of her enjoying her four-day solo getaway, and was dubbed ‘unhinged’ by cruel trolls.
Speaking to the , she says: “I had people messaging me on Instagram saying really dark and nasty things, threatening my life.”
Madalyn says she doesn’t feel guilty as her trip came shortly after the family’s recent tour of Europe, where they had taken Disneyland Paris.
She says that being able to visit the Magical Kingdom without her kids was “freeing.”
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The adds: “As a mom, you’re almost always focusing on everyone else and leaving yourself last.
“It’s nice to be like, ‘You know what? I’m putting me first this time'."
She's not the first mum to be criticised for leaving the kids at home for a holiday.
Last year Helen Flannigan hit back at mum-shamers after she went to Ibiza without her children.
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At the time Helen shared the comment on her Instagram Story and hit back.
She wrote"I have never been on a girls holiday like that before as I've always stayed at home looking after the kids.
"Why is everything always on women?"
And in September another mum was trolled for going on holiday during her daughter's first week back at school.
