Pandemic motherhood
This Is Uncomfortable
Marketplace
4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The pandemic has been brutal on working moms. In September alone, women left the workplace at four times the rate that men did. The numbers are shocking, but behind them are real, human experiences. This week, we hear some of those stories.
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| 0:00.0 | We know kids have lots of questions and the ones about money can be the most difficult to answer. |
| 0:06.5 | That's why you need our podcast, Million Bazzillion. |
| 0:10.0 | In every episode we find answers to the tough, surprising, and sometimes awkward questions kids have about money. |
| 0:16.5 | Yep, from what is a black market to why do we get paid different amounts and what do grownups do with all their money? |
| 0:23.0 | Million Bazzillion from Marketplace helping dollars make more sense. |
| 0:27.0 | Listen to season four, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:36.0 | This past April, Tiara Noblins, five-year-old daughter was having a bad day. |
| 0:41.0 | She was really restless. She was really angry. |
| 0:44.0 | Niel had been adjusting to life without a routine ever since the pandemic shut her school down. |
| 0:50.0 | And as a kid with autism, as a kid period, she was struggling. |
| 0:54.0 | It was just, I want to go to school. I want to get on the bus. I miss my friends. |
| 0:59.0 | Why are we home? You know, I'm like, we can't go to school. |
| 1:03.0 | And then her mind is like, well, the building is right there, but we need we can't go in. |
| 1:09.0 | Tiara tried all her tricks, like speaking calmly to Niel, rubbing her back, holding her clothes. |
| 1:15.0 | But the tantrum just got worse. |
| 1:18.0 | Oh, it's a full body on the floor. |
| 1:21.0 | Slamming, just screaming, crying. |
| 1:25.0 | It was kind of heartbreaking, you know, because you can see like her heart was hurting. |
| 1:30.0 | She just didn't understand. |
| 1:33.0 | Meanwhile, Tiara needed to get back to her computer to work. |
| 1:37.0 | She just started her dream job and was in the middle of training during this tantrum. |
| 1:41.0 | She felt like she was having a crisis of her own because there was nobody else who could help. |
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