![]() But that I became a stay-at-home mother for a period of my life had little to do with my desires. They are my greatest impact and deepest joy. ![]() I chose to have children because I wanted them. ![]() He owned his desires, which had a great deal to do with male privilege. I wanted to be like my father, who through force of personality made his interests seem cool. Does that make them wrong? Or make us less successful? I did not want to be a stay-at-home mother, because I perceived mothers as supportive and self-effacing. A successful, fulfilled person, it seems, aligns her choices with her desires.Īnd yet, as every mother knows, the choices we make rarely align with our aspirations. More than one person advised me to ask myself, “What do I want?” while I was coping with anxiety and depression that had resulted largely from feeling that I no longer had agency over important aspects of my life as a mother of young children. ![]()
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