Carolyn Hax: Mom lands final blow after a lifetime of disappointments
The Washington Post • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The writer reflects on their mother's experience of motherhood in the 1970s, suggesting she might have chosen to be child-free if the option had been socially recognized at the time.
- The mother, a schoolteacher, faced significant social and professional pressure to have children despite personal reluctance.
- The writer now understands that their mother sacrificed personal freedom, financial security, and needed introvert time while raising them.
- Having chosen to be child-free themselves, the writer expresses sympathy for their mother's difficult experience.
