5/10/2023 0 Comments Angela garbes essential laborShe also finds it helpful to think of parenting in terms of the big picture rather than striving for daily perfection. In Essential Labor, for instance, she describes how developing a symbiotic relationship with a nearby family has been a matter of survival, as they regularly care for each other’s kids. By leaning into community more, which often means offering and accepting help from others, she argues that we can push back on the norms that make child rearing harder than it needs to be. The last three years have been extremely stressful, and I still feel like I’m making decisions as if I’m in a crisis mode.”īoth of her books highlight the challenges of caregiving in the U.S., where inadequate social and governmental support leave many parents feeling isolated and emotionally threadbare. “We’re entering year four of the pandemic. “I want to place this in context,” she tells me. I asked her what advice she has for other families. But partly it’s just the general exhaustion of having been a parent of two children, aged four and eight, during the past few tumultuous years - a feeling that I relate to deeply as a new parent. Partly, she’s coming off a whirlwind year. This year, she’s feeling an even stronger need to rest. “Every October, I’m like, ‘Why do I live here?’” she jokes.
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