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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We always hear how modern moms don’t have “a village” like in the past. What exactly is the village? What are we missing that past moms had?[/quote] My village is those of whom I rely upon for advice and support. In DC, where we have no family when kids were young, it was my new moms group, some of whom had older kids. We are still in touch and our kids are mostly done with college. We still talk about the struggles and accolades of our kids, and still get together. It was also my mom, aunt and cousin. When a kid did something that seemed outrageous, I could call then and they could talk me off the ledge and help us come up with a reasonable and appropriate parental response. I suppose also my parents in that when spouse was traveling for work and going to be gone for a week, I could drive the 5 hours to their house and spend a week with their support so that I wouldn't be single parenting with 3 little ones.[/quote]
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