When I think of working moms - I'm only Mom to a very active chihuahua and some very unambitious houseplants - I think of just how much stress must be involved. And then I think about being a stay-at-home mom, and I think about how much stress must be involved.
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What makes a good mother? Probably the very qualities that also make a good person: compassion, kindness, intelligence, loyalty and strength — a sense of humour surely helps, too.
That fried chicken might be dragging you down, say researchers in Spain. They found that people who eat a lot of fast food and junk food are 37 percent more likely to develop depression than those who rarely order off the value menu.
Divorce is often cited as one of life’s most traumatic events. In terms of the amount of grief and distress it brings with it, the severing of the connubial knot is right up there with the death of a loved one and financial ruin.
Women get so bummed out about a lack of total physical perfection, and it can be particularly acute in the summer when everyone's walking around with a lot less clothes on.