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The Mom Expectations
Well-meaning people like to tell moms “You should take a rest!” Or the new catch-phrase, practice ”self-care.” The real problem, though, is not that we don’t rest once in a while. The problem is that we are trying to keep up with an impossible standard, and we haven’t even recognized it. We’re all attempting to be supermom, and we don’t even see it. We don’t seem to realize culture has set the bar so high for moms that no one can achieve it (without lying, or photoshopping, or hiring full time help). Let’s wise up to the expectations that are unwritten, yet entirely known: You have to…