By Debby Waldman — 2020
Raising children to thrive in a society that judges them—sometimes harshly and, in extreme cases, fatally—because of skin color is hard regardless of your ethnicity.
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I’m afraid to need friendship, but it doesn’t change the fact that I do.
Without adequate social support, many new moms struggle to feel happy.
What catches most new moms by complete and utter surprise is the intense—and sometimes dark—pit of loneliness they feel, even though they have a newborn by their side all day, every day. And, this loneliness affects far more moms than you might expect.
As a new mum, I know loneliness cuts deep – and the lack of services for parent and child plays a large part in this.