后天就是母亲节了，今天看了《Mothering Is Work 》这篇文章，感触挺深的，文章如下：
This Mother’s Day, let’s show moms everywhere our gratitude for their selflessness, hard work and dedication by giving them paid time off and benefits.
在这个母亲节，让我们给予世界各地的母亲们带薪休假和福利，以向她们表示感谢，感谢其无私的精神、辛勤的工作和做出的奉献。
34% of millennial and Gen Z mothers say they are frustrated trying to juggle a career and motherhood, as it simply isn’t realistic. “I’m one person, doing the job of two. I’m sorry but a card and chocolates won’t cut it anymore as a symbol of society’s gratitude for my role as a mother.”
34%的千禧一代和Z世代的母亲说，她们在努力兼顾事业和母亲身份时感到很沮丧，因为这根本不现实。“我一个人承担着两个人的工作。我很抱歉，但一张卡片和几块巧克力已经无法代表社会对母亲这个角色的感谢了。”
Mothering is work — and there continues to be more and more data that supports this. We can’t keep ignoring it. A 2018 study commissioned by Welch’s looked at 2,000 American moms of children between 5 and 12 years old and found that the average mom works 98 hours per week. That’s equal to two and a half full-time jobs.
做母亲也是一项工作，越来越多的数据也在支持这一观点。我们不能继续置之不理。2018年，威氏食品公司委托进行的一项研究调查了2000名5至12岁孩子的美国母亲，发现每个母亲平均每周工作98小时。这相当于两个半全职工作。
There is the emotional and mental load of motherhood and the physical aspect too. So much of mothering is invisible. That doesn’t mean this work doesn’t exist; in fact, you know it does because no one else does it but you, mama.
母亲角色、承担着情感和精神上的双重重担，以及身体层面的重担。许多育儿工作是看不见的。但这并不意味着这种工作不存在；事实上，你知道这种工作是存在的，因为除了妈妈，没有人做这项工作。
Being a “good enough” mother is, however, about embracing your entire human experience. It’s about taking off the mask of the perfect mother and showing up as you are. It is the mama telling herself “I am a good mom. I know I am a good mom” and accepting her mistakes. It’s owning up to them as they happen and talking about them with her children. It’s demonstrating the unconditional love for herself that teaches her children to do the same.
然而，成为一个“足够好”的母亲，实际上就是接受你全部的人生。也就是摘掉完美母亲的面具，展现自己的本色。也就是妈妈们告诉自己：“我是一个好妈妈，我知道我是一个好妈妈”，并接受自己的错误。也就是当错误发生时，承认它们，并与孩子们谈论它们。也就是表现出对自己无条件的爱，并且通过这样让孩子们也学会自爱。
This Mother’s Day, allow yourself permission to be human. Allow yourself the space to be imperfect, to be good enough, to connect with what makes you, well, you. Because you’re doing a good job, mama. I know it.
在这个母亲节，妈妈们请允许自己做人，而不是神。允许自己不完美，接受自己已经足够好了，允许自己与真实的自己，是的，你“自己”，建立联系。因为妈妈们，你们已经做得很好了。我知道的。
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