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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I wish I was like you. I had repeated miscarriages and longed for motherhood and then I had a healthy wonderful baby...and complained! :) Such is human nature (for some at least). [b]I will say, I am surprised how much complaining about parenthood is a vernacular among parents of little kids. I wonder if it is specific to the US. We have a very imbalanced approach to parenting as part of life, imo. Like poor work-life balance except for American parents, it's poor parent-life balance.[/b][/quote] This is exactly it. We have little to no social safety net in the US. And who makes up the difference? Women, particularly mothers. WOMEN are the USA's social safety net. They take care of children, they go to work bleeding post-miscarriage/birth, they nurse their elderly parents and their disabled family members. WOMEN. So yes, the complaining is just a symptom of a much bigger problem. Well, and some of it is funny.[/quote]
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