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A Massachusetts-based mother of three’s Facebook post has gone viral after she shared a message about the unrealistic societal expectations she feels are placed on working moms.
Buckley Friedberg’s post goes on to describe many everyday occurrences that moms typically are expected to handle in caring for a family and themselves simultaneously, like maintaining schedules and appointments, volunteering at their kids’ schools, finding “me time,” keeping up with a social life andhaving date nights with their spouses, ensuring their children practice good manners and preparing healthy meals.
“I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to lean OUT,” Buckley Friedberg writes in conclusion, joking, “Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.”
Speaking withGood Morning Americaabout the unexpected response she received, Buckley Friedberg — who has a 1-year-old, a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old, as well as a full-time job as a microbiology manager for a major medical-device company — said it made her feel like she hit home for many women.
“It was last Thursday and it was one of those days where everything seemed tough,” she said, according toGMA. “I got the kids to bed and was tired, frustrated,pumping and had averbal dump of everything. I said, ‘This is what’s going on in my head.’ ”
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She also addressed the double standard she feels society places on women in the sense that moms are just expected to complete all these tasks with a smile on their face while men, doing the same things, are lauded.
“If my husband takes one kid to the grocery store, he gets a parade. I takethree kids to the grocery storeand don’t get [the same treatment],” she toldGMAwith a laugh.
“It’s just the way society is. He puts the kids to bed, cooks, cleans — it’s sort of the extra stuff that doesn’t fall to him,” Buckley Friedberg added of her husband, a pediatrician.
Sarah Buckley Friedberg and family.
“I think what they’re missing is the increased cost of housing, the cost of schooling — most families cannot survive on one income,” she continued. “That’s great if you can make it work, [but] I enjoy working. I enjoy having my career. It’s just everything else we are expected to keep in the air.”
source: people.com
