Have you noticed the uptick of stories of overwhelmed mothers in the news? Have you noticed that society suddenly seems to notice and care that we have all collectively had it? Maybe we’ve run out of stories about social isolation and economic collapse and toxic white masculinity but the big news outlets are now behaving much like my children when they know I’m about to use my mean voice and throw a plate. You can almost hear the collective, oh shit, we’ve really pushed mothers to the absolute brink of what they can handle, which is more than any person should ever have to handle, and we’re not sure what comes next.
Normalize crying in the driveway
Normalize crying in the driveway
Normalize crying in the driveway
Have you noticed the uptick of stories of overwhelmed mothers in the news? Have you noticed that society suddenly seems to notice and care that we have all collectively had it? Maybe we’ve run out of stories about social isolation and economic collapse and toxic white masculinity but the big news outlets are now behaving much like my children when they know I’m about to use my mean voice and throw a plate. You can almost hear the collective, oh shit, we’ve really pushed mothers to the absolute brink of what they can handle, which is more than any person should ever have to handle, and we’re not sure what comes next.