Originally published at: Avoiding Holiday Stress: Insights and Practical Strategies – Mamapedia™
It’s okay to lower expectations and aim for “good enough” instead of perfect.
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Some of these suggestions are definitely still relevant, however the numbers don’t work anymore (speaking as an academic). It would be really surprising if the division of holiday work by gender has not budged in almost 20 years, for example. Maybe it hasn’t, but still, I think an article like this needs newer data. Also, the poverty level for a family of four in 2024 is $31,000. The ‘lower-middle income’ category mentioned in the article is now working poor. I would love to see a discussion like this which is more current. Just a suggestion, and thank you for bringing up things to consider.
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@alewinson You are 100% correct that the data has likely moved in 20 years, in particular the poverty level, and that old data does not pass academic scrutiny. Sounds like some data updating and editing for this article could be useful so thanks for the suggestion.
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A project for someone to do!
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