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Holidays are most exhausting
for moms. Here's how to help |
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About
two weeks before Thanksgiving, moms and other caregivers -- though mostly moms
-- turn over a portion of their brains to the long and constantly evolving
holiday to-do list. “There
is a longstanding tradition that women not only come home to the second shift
of housework and childcare, but they are also expected to do what we call
'the third shift' of creating the holiday magic,” says Better Life Lab
Director Brigid Schulte. The Better Life Lab, a
program of the think tank New
America that aims to elevate the value of care and advance gender equity, wants
to help lighten that load. They
suggest trying out a few experiments, such as
bringing the family together to talk about what they value in holiday
festivities and how to make even gift giving a family activity. “The
central question in these conversations should be: How do you want to feel?
And that means everybody. When the family is together discussing the holiday,
the mom gets to say that she wants to enjoy the day, and that she doesn't
want to be the stressed-out person yelling at everybody,” Schulte says. Check
out more tips here. |
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