What we can learn from refugee moms

“We already know that moms in the west and struggling, lonely, and that their mental health has been in continued decline. Studies show us parents in the US now are generally lonely and depressed, and it’s reached an epidemic level. Thus, it’s particularly interesting to consider the fact that mothers who have fled war and their home countries are now battling a new trauma of what it means to be a mother in the west. And what it means is loneliness, exhaustion, impossible standards; it means mothering without the village. It means mothering, with a few steps backwards.”