Down with “supermom.”

 

Scary Mommy
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May 24, 2022

 

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I'm So Sick Of A Mom's Work Being Invisible
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Kaitlin Soule has been thinking lately about the term “supermom” – and why it
totally rubs her the wrong way. It’s simple, really: “What I’ve come to
recognize, both from my own experience as a mom to three and from my thousands
of hours doing therapy with moms, is that the work of motherhood is often quite
simply invisible,” she writes. 

The whole supermom archetype just buries that work even further out of sight,
she thinks: “Women know all too well is that if we dare let others see what it
truly takes to be ‘supermom’ we will be seen as weak, incapable (or worst of
all) ungrateful for the gift of motherhood.” It’ll make you look at the whole
greeting-card aisle very differently. 

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

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FRIENDSHIP
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I Would Be Lost Without My Mom Bestie
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Today, Samm Burnham Davidson has a tribute to that most crucial of people: her
mom bestie. 
“My bestie and I, we trade stories, solve problems, and make observations. We
understand each other. A true, real, raw, holy-shit-me-too kind of
understanding. And without it – without her – I think I would lose it.” How many
of you feel the same?

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