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Parent Traps

Ode to the ‘Mommy Wars’

By Jennifer MckinneyPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Parent Traps
Photo by Super Snapper on Unsplash

There once were warring factions- those parents of cyberspace.

Buying into soundbites without nuance-battling for their place.

About breasts or bottles; activity or sleep

Careers or homemaking; treading lightly or deep

They forgot circumstance, economics, culture -a willful sacrifice of grace.

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About the Creator

Jennifer Mckinney

Writer, editor, coach

Insatiably curious human who enjoys going down a good rabbit hole

Loves all things dark fiction

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