Mother's Little Helpers

Women 40-59 are the heaviest users of antidepressants, as reported in a recent article in Prevention magazine by Katherine Sharpe -- and many started as a way to keep their cool in the midst of complicated lives (June, 2014).  As some of the women interviewed reflected, it was not so much a strive for perfection as a matter of staying sane with mulitple responsibilities.

Upon learning that  a young celebrity said she is not a feminist during a Time magazine interview, I wondered if she's been duped into thinking women have achieved equality.  Working and caregiving can leave the strongest woman feeling overwhelmed, and the ones who benefit the most are the drug manufacturers.

We need to make more progress to enable women to craft reasonable lives, where they can achieve professional goals and still have families.