Parenting guilt in the age of the nuclear family
When your baby’s screams wake you for the third time that night, does your exhaustion and rage make you feel more like an evil witch than a mother? Do you feel guilty when another rendition of Hungry Hungry Hippos doesn’t fill you with delight? Parents in the 21st century are expected to be available 24/7 to cuddle, feed, play, mop, soothe, stimulate and referee. In the tight little hothouse of the nuclear family there’s often no one else. One or two parents are responsibl