Moms Are Now “Mom-ing” Smarter, Not Harder

Vanessa Hinojosa
3 min readJun 14, 2023
Photo by Hillshire Farm on Unsplash

During the Covid lockdown, we’ve learned quite a bit. We’ve learned that teachers aren’t paid enough for putting up with our kids, nurses are severely overworked and underpaid, and moms are very much underappreciated.

Recently on Facebook, I’ve come across this cartoon created by Mary Catherine Starr (@momlife_comics) on Instagram in January 2022.

@momlife_comics/Instagram

An online story from Motherly elaborates more on the full comic as well as how society makes moms everywhere feel. Go ahead and check it out. I’ll wait.

Because moms are constantly being told they’re not doing enough or just the standard, we’ve really kicked things up a notch in recent years. Forget take-outs, deliveries, and frozen fast foods. Moms are now meal planning, using instant cookers and crock pots, and making one-pan dinners!

TikTok has shown me lately that you can prepare an amazing dinner without slaving over a hot stove. From ten-minute preps that cook in one pan in the oven to dinners prepped in one freezer bag that are cooked in the crock pot throughout the day, moms are officially working smart at home. And apparently, they’re nice enough not to gate-keep!

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Vanessa Hinojosa
Vanessa Hinojosa

Written by Vanessa Hinojosa

🌻 ADHD stay-at-home mom 🦸🏽‍♀️ Helping average people make money from home 💻 Create an online business from scratch

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