Are the Moms All Right? Busting the Myths About Motherhood

<p><span class="TextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0">A</span></span><span class= "TextRun Highlight SCXW195922521 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn= "{"ObjectId":"5d09319c-db5c-4ada-93be-bbaf326a1045|59","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">ccording to scholars</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0">Brad Wilcox</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0">and Wendy Wang in a recent article in</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0">The Atlantic</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0">,</span></span> <span class= "TextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0">married</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0">mothers</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0">fared quite well during the pandemic, including indicating</span></span> <span class= "TextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW195922521 BCX0">a greater degree of happiness</span></span> <span clas