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I understand exactly how you feel. My favorite is when someone down the first base line tells you that your strike zone is off when you call a pitch a ball because it's outside. How the flip would they know?
Because you want to do a good job, criticism, any criticism, can sting. What I would suggest is three things:
1) Be careful which criticism you pay attention to. Most parents don't even know the rules so why worry? On the other hand there are probably some senior umps and/or coaches in your league who would be able to give you good feedback on mechanics/situations etc...
2) Look at comments you get as an aggregate rather than individually. It sounds to me like you are doing pretty well.
3) You just gotta believe. At the end of the day you are the only one who knows if you did a good job. Be honest and ask yourself if you blew a call or if your strike zone was inconsistent. If the answer is yes, then you have something to work on for next game. Easily the best game I have called behind the plate this year in terms of my strike zone was the one where the losing coach came up to me afterwards and told me that my strike zone sucked. It didn't bother me because I know it didn't.
Greymule makes a good point. Why aren't they out there? I have on more than one occasion offered my mask to someone to let them take over for me whenever they felt it was appropriate. I have not had any takers yet and the stands got much quieter after that. Trust me, the kids are better off because there are trained and conscientious umpires like yourself out there then they would be otherwise.
Keep at it. The first year is the hardest.
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