An Uncomfortable Truth: maternal Anger and Rage

Anger

Our society is obsessed with mothers experiencing joy and bliss. Adverts depict mums smiling, even though the kids have made a serious hole in the ceiling, or laughing at a huge mess that will require a lot of cleaning, joyfully cooking daily from scratch and revelling in every moment.

Movies show mothers happy and calm, despite doing the bulk of the household and childcare duties alongside their paid jobs for which there is always a major deadline that they somehow navigate easily, despite being depleted, getting little sleep or help.

​Yet, away from the world of Hollywood and social media influencers, for so many, the tender moments can seriously be tempered by anger.

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