Mother’s Day: How kids help moms balance dating, motherhood
Live MintA few years of observing and writing on families and the relationships that make them has left me convinced that nothing about being a mother is easy—this is only amplified when you’re a single mother. With brands targeting this demographic around occasions like Mother’s Day, it is certainly becoming more normalised for single mothers to seek romantic and sexual connections,” observes Vani Subramaniam, a Bengaluru-based counselling psychologist. “What we need to normalise is not just single mothers dating, but women being more than just mothers,” says Mehta. “Because they are similarly shamed for pursuing their careers and other interests as well.” The gradual change affected by mothers and their children, working together to forge a path for women to rightfully meet their own needs and desires, is a welcome one. According to Mehta, this will “ultimately also teach the children to develop the ability to take care of themselves, be self-assured and form healthy connections later in life.”
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