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Scenario

When infant needs conflict with productivity expectations

My newborn cluster feeds all evening and I keep waiting for it to be over so I can do other things but this is what I'm supposed to be doing right now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The parent is treating necessary caregiving as an interruption to life rather than recognizing it as life itself.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Children and time — how they experience it?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.