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When the wage gap between me and my husband grew, I quit my job to work part-time. I realized my non-monetary contributions have value, too.
When my husband started making 3 times more than I did, I worried I wasn't contributing enough to o…
Amanda Garland
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I'm a working mom who enjoys solo travel. I've learned how to keep myself from spiraling into mom guilt while I'm away.
As a working parent, Spriha Srivastava often has mom guilt when traveling. She now enjoys trips aft…
Spriha Srivastava
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Halley Berry says she tries to avoid being identified as 'only a mom'
Therapists told BI that parents can lose their identity and should not feel guilty for taking time …
Erin Liam
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I'm a surgeon and my husband's a stay-at-home dad. I knew we couldn't do things the traditional way, but I still have mom guilt.
Betsy Grunch works around 60 hours per week as a neurosurgeon. Work-life balance is a challenge, so…
Charissa Cheong
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Brooke Shields says dropping a kid off at college and becoming an empty nester is 'not easy for the moms'
The mother of two recently dropped her youngest daughter off at college, and says she cried for "a …
Erin Liam
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I'm a working mom, and I'm also taking care of my dad. I live with guilt.
As an NYC native, she often travels to Massachusetts to care for her father. She often feels guilty…
Michele Gorman
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I've been a stay-at-home mom for 4 years, and I love it. My daughters are going to preschool soon, and my identity is shifting.
I've loved being a stay-at-home mom, but as my daughters head to full-time preschool, our routine i…
Katrina Donham
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My mom had me at 22. Having a young mother has helped us become close friends in adulthood.
The writer struggled to connect with his young mother growing up. He even pushed her away in his 20…
Jamie Valentino
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Erin Andrews says she has mom guilt throughout the NFL season. Here's how she copes.
It took Erin Andrews 10 years of IVF, and ultimately a surrogate, to have her son Mack. She opened …
Kelly Burch
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As a mom, I think gift cards are terrible gifts. I never have the time to book an appointment.
My husband gave me a gift card for a massage last year. I still haven't used it because something a…
Jenn Morson
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My parents died almost 50 years apart from each other. I was so young when I lost my mom, and it brought me closer to my dad.
My parents died almost 50 years apart. I was one of the youngest of my peers to lose a parent. When…
Louisa Rogers
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When my daughter went off to college, I became an empty nester and traveled alone for the first time. Once I got over the 'mom guilt,' the trip changed my life.
The writer went to New Zealand for three weeks by herself. She found the alone time to be exactly w…
Veronica I. Arreola
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I'm not parenting the way I want to as an overworked mom. The guilt is the worst part.
"I wonder if, broadly, men don't stay home because women do," working mom Lauren Finman Quesenberry…
Fortesa Latifi
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Moms need to stop judging each other: No one wins in the mom competition
No one wins in the mom competition. Parents, especially moms, would stop judging other parents at s…
Melissa Monroe
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I'm a two-time Olympic gold medalist. The one thing I can't outrun is mom guilt.
The mom of one shares how she deals with the guilt caused by having a busy schedule due to training…
Heather Marcoux
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ChatGPT got rid of my mom guilt. I don't feel bad about using it for meal prepping, creating our daily schedule, and assigning chores.
I've started using ChatGPT to help me with tasks that once overwhelmed me. Now, it takes less time …
Ijeoma Nwaogu
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Niecy Nash feels bad about making out with Glen Powell in front of his mom
"Origin" star Niecy Nash-Betts looks back at her fake butt on "Reno 911!," kissing Glen Powell on "…
Libby Torres
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I'm coming to terms with being a mom with a chronic health condition. I carry a lot of guilt.
The author lost her voice almost entirely because of a vocal-cord condition, and her daughter speak…
Jenna Glatzer
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A millennial mom begged 'toxic' boomers to stop pushing children into unwanted conversations with strangers, igniting a debate about socialization
The TikToker was compelled to speak out after she said a boomer approached her daughter in a Target…
Geoff Weiss
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A woman went massively viral for a botched haircut during her 'mommy makeover,' but became overwhelmed with guilt after the stylist saw her TikTok
"I just feel really bad now," Megan said, after her botched haircut reveal received 11 million view…