A conversation with the mother of a 6-month old baby reminded me of the internal and external pressures of new motherhood. Parents feel many pressures throughout the process of raising children and each stage brings particular ones – some caused by the society or culture in which we live, others by the anxieties we feel because we love our children and want to do the best we can for them.I talked with this mother in a social situation that turned out to be the first time she had left [...]