1 in 4 mothers unwillingly quit work due to childcare pressures, reveals a new report by UN Women UK. And here I was thinking the biggest barrier to becoming a mother was my uncertainty.
Earlier this year, I wrote about being 33 and still unsure if I’ll ever want children. It’s one of my favourite stories, and it seems to be reader’s favourite, too. Being ambivalent about motherhood is in many ways still taboo, so discovering post-publication that there are tons of thirty-somethings (and twenty- and forty-somethings) who are as unsure as I am about whether or not to have children was a huge source of comfort.
