"center" "balance"

These things do not exist. They are created to torture women who are working full time and trying to be the best mothers, wives, sisters, and friends that they can be. There is no way to balance that. There is still peer pressure-as a grown up. Does my child feel neglected because I do not drive them everywhere they think they want to go. That I actually expect them to (gasp!) ride a bike, or find a way on their own. Hard to do when there are mothers who will jump in the car all hours of the day to drive them anywhere. It makes me feel like a lazy mother. Sometimes I am (my house is a funky mess)but most times I am not. I do the hard stuff. So up yours balanced people.