this right here.

We try to pretend that other times don’t exist. We try to pretend that good parents (especially mothers) enjoy every minute of parenthood. This, I firmly believe, is a misogynistic tool used to oppress women. This is to keep them from questioning the unequal burden that motherhood places on them. This is to keep them from asking for more. This is to keep them quiet. And it’s dangerous. It’s dangerous and invalidating and oppressing. You have this baby and it’s not…
Parenting Advice: Don’t Kill Them
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May 23, 2018
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this right here. I took the opposite end to parenthood (I am 44 with a 7 year old). I love my kid like the angels sent her, but I get funny, awful looks from some when I say that motherhood can be hell.
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Written by dori mondon1.3K Followers
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Compulsive storyteller. Typo fixer. Queerdo. Dog and kid mom. Digital DJ nerd. Ada Comstock scholar. I love coffee. A lot. https://ko-fi.com/djemme
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