Amid mounting evidence that mothers in the US have among the world’s highest levels of stress due to lack of post-natal and childcare support, the government has decided to step in.
“We aren’t actually talking about free childcare, laundry assistance or post-natal counseling like in France,” said HHS official Chad Hunt. “That would be un-American. Instead, the department is proud to offer new internet memes with inspirational quotes.
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“Have you seen the ones where a drawing of a Victorian or 1950s woman is saying something funny to her family?” asked Hunt. “I hear they really calm women down.”
It’s been reported that the department is also researching cursive, ‘hello beautiful’ font memes encouraging moms to look on the bright side. The memes are designed for that special hour after rushing from an underpaid job to overpriced daycare, grabbing dinner ingredients at the store with a tantrummy toddler, making dinner, cleaning up and putting resistant kids to bed, then working your way alone through mountains of laundry and finally going to sleep only to be woken four times in one night.
“That final wake up is the best time to check out these memes,” said Hunt. “Moms—or mamas as I plan to call them in my memes—will instantly feel amazing.”
Follow up reports revealed that Hunt will earn an additional $250,000 a year for his groundbreaking work.
“Laughter is the best medicine,” said Hunt. “Hey, that’s an awesome first meme. I think I’ll put that in gold ‘hello beautiful’ font.”
** Read the actual article that inspired Siri Steiner’s satirical post here.
Siri Steiner has two kids and writes satire designed to make you feel like less of a weirdo on her blog, The Mommy Hack.
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