This reminds me of Allison Felix at the Olympics with her goal to provide childcare for mothers competing. My question is: why just mothers? Don't dads take of their children too? This reinforces the stereotype of only mothers being the only ones to take care of children. The effort should be labeled childcare for parents, that way we emphasize that we encourage both parents to help with the kids.
Just 600 meters into the 2022 New York City Marathon, Alysia Montaño had an unexpected emotional moment on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
For the last two and a half years, the Olympic 800-meter runner has co-led &Mother, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting moms by bringing key resources like lactation stations and free childcare to five races so far. For the first time ever, moms in a field of 50,000 participants enjoyed extended support in the form of five lactation stations along the course of the world’s biggest marathon....
When she finished in 3:39:59, Montaño finally let her emotions go. For her, crossing the finish line in Central Park meant overcoming yet another barrier for moms and caregivers. It also marked a major step forward in a new normal she hopes to create.