“The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.”
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I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids!
There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface.
Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.
Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left.