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Opinion | The Lies Mothers Tell Themselves and Their Children
No wonder “helping professions” are so exhausting—you’re confronted with people in need, all day, day after day. No wonder parenting is so exhausting—once you’re a parent, you’re never not a parent. You’re always going through the tunnel.
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski • Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
“I’m a working parent committed to loving my kid and doing my job, even if it feels messy sometimes.”
Yael Schonbrun • Work, Parent, Thrive: 12 Science-Backed Strategies to Ditch Guilt, Manage Overwhelm, and Grow Connecti on (When Everything Feels Like Too Much)
The modern institution of intensive motherhood silences women, contributes to maternal mental illness, and leaves women too worn out to fight. To fight for what? Potentially transformative policy changes, such as proper maternity leave, flexible working hours, better and more affordable childcare. And even if you don’t have any compassion for new m
... See moreLucy Jones • Matrescence: On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
the cut - june 11 - 2024What If Motherhood Isn’t Transformative at All?
We’re often told that becoming a parent will alter one’s identity. For me, the change never came.
By Anastasia Berg, editor of the Point
Art: March Avery, Evening Reading, 1972/© 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Courtesy of the artist, Private Collection, and BLU
... See more(7) How do we reconcile ambition and the desire to do great work with motherhood?
sari azout • My Favorite Questions
This isn’t a fun tweet.
But I vastly underestimated the personal sacrifices I would have to make in being a mother.