Mother’s Day is less than two weeks away and if you’re still stumped about what to buy for the moms in your life, you may not need to go shopping to get the perfect present. While flowers and brunch are popular go-tos for the holiday, a new survey suggests you don’t need to buy anything to get mothers what they want most.
The poll of 2-thousand American moms of kids under 19 asks what they actually want and truly need this year. According to mothers across the country, you can’t even buy the number one thing on their wish list. That’s because 42% of moms say the number one thing they need is more personal time to rest and recharge, to help ease some of their day-to-day mental load.
- And that’s not the only present they want that you can’t buy in stores. Moms would also like more help from family members (40%), and to not have to remind others about tasks and responsibilities (37%).
- Better communication within their family (33%) is also on the wish list, and so are better follow-through from their kids (32%), and less responsibility in general (24%).
So, if you want to give Mom something she’ll really appreciate, skip the store and take something off her plate. The mental load of parenting - from planning meals to organizing playdates to making sure literally everything gets done for the family - is weighing heavy on moms and they could use a break.
“Families need to start to share the load — ideally equally — or else mom will become more and more resentful,” says Priya Rajendra, CEO and co-founder of It’s A Family Thing, the group behind the survey. “Everyone in the family has to understand that moms shouldn’t be managing the household alone.”⠀
Source: She Knows
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