Why 'mommy juice' is total BS

Last week, senior reporter Catherine Pearson wrote a story titled “Why ‘Mommy Juice’ Is Total BS” as part of our Self-Care Is Good Parenting package, and BOY did you guys have thoughts.

The piece began as an homage of sorts to wine. Both Catherine (also a mom of two boys) and I generally subscribe to the “you-do-you” school of self-care. And as Catherine herself noted, “Sipping wine after my young, demanding kids go to bed — and after I’ve put in a full day’s work — is one of the few relaxing moments I get in a day. Isn’t that, like, the definition of an act of self-care?” But as she spoke with now-sober moms who were once proponents of the “mommy wine” culture, she came to believe that it’s not a form of self-care at all.

The piece sparked a lot of conversation online and among the moms in our newsroom — some pissed at us for the “judgment” mixed with some (small amounts) of praise. If you missed it, I’m curious to hear what you think. I’m always here at katea@huffpost.com.

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Why 'Mommy Juice' Is Total BS

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