WHY ARE MOTHERS ALWAYS TIRED? WHY WE WORK 98 HOURS A WEEK

A few years ago a video titled "The most difficult job in the world" was circulating, where we could see a series of interviews with candidates who, without knowing it, were knowing all the responsibilities that mothers have. The video certainly made something very clear to all of us: being a mom is tiring.

Now we have the answer for all those people who wonder why mothers always seem to be tired, and it seems that it seems that we work on average 98 hours a week.

The American company Welch's was given the task of investigating about the daily life of mothers, so it conducted a survey of 2,000 mothers with children between 5 and 12 years, and the results show us what we have always known: We mothers do not stop.

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Among one of the things that were asked during the survey, was knowing what they were the "lifesavers" of mothers, that is, those tools that made maternal life a little lighter. The first ten were:

Wet wipes
Children's television programs and channels
Tablets
The food you can buy without getting out of the car (Drive thru)
Netflix
Naps - for them and for everyone
Stay all weekend in pajamas
Comfortable sportswear
Your regular dose of coffee
The grandparents

In addition to these, it is included in the first twenty to have homemade food ready to heat in the freezer, handkerchiefs, carry several toys in the car and have a trusted babysitter whom they can call when they need it.

According to the survey, four out of 10 mothers feel that their life is a series of unfinished earrings during the seven days of the week. I think I include myself in that group, because at home there is always something to do and things to be resolved, as we say in Mexico: "the house never ends".

Another one of the things that mothers were asked about was knowing what things they sacrificed or stopped doing to fulfill their role as momAmong those who mentioned going always well combed and made up, having hobbies, taking a day off if they felt sick, sleeping late, long showers and time alone.

Without a doubt, what caught our attention in the results of the survey was the number of hours that mothers worked (yes, because being a mother is a job), since it was found that on average it is 98 hours a week that we are dedicated to our responsibilities as mothers.

The average time that mothers wake up is at 6:23 a.m. and they do not finish work (including work inside and outside the home, as well as family-related things) until 8:31 p.m. If we do accounts, they are days of 14 hours a day, totaling 98 hours a week. But not everything is just work and responsibilities, according to the survey, mothers on average spend an hour and seven minutes for their "time for mom" and do the things they like.

When reading these figures I think they are very accurate, because at least in my case I usually start the day at 5:30 a.m. and I finish my mom's day around 8 p.m. Although at that time I do not go to bed, but like the mothers surveyed, I usually keep a space of one hour for my "time for mom" and I enjoy watching a series or reading a couple of chapters more than some book.

Of course, these results do not surprise any mother because we know what it is to be running from one place to another all day, looking for and checking that our family is not lacking anything. But hopefully help other people understand why we are constantly exhausted and thus give us more support or empathy and less judgments or criticisms when we turn to the "lifeguards", it is not necessary to forget that there is no such thing as perfect mothers.

What is not mentioned in the survey and that is also a reality, is the mental burden that mothers carry, because even if we finish doing things, the work and the list of pending as mothers in our mind never ends.