The Hardest Job

Olga Khazan, The Atlantic: Sexes
Tue, 12/08/2015 - 8:47am

The Hardest Job

BALTIMORE—On a typical morning, the first to wake is 6-month-old Nathaniel. He doesn’t always sleep through the night, so by the time his mother, Cierra Thomas, sits up in the twin bed she shares with her husband, Tony Gardner, she’s already dreading the day. “I’m mad that I woke up here,” she says.

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