Jamie Lackey

1 week ago | georgiarecorder.com | Jamie Lackey |Jill Nolin

Motherhood is a gift — but let’s be clear — it’s also taxing. And I don’t just mean emotionally or physically taxing. I mean financially. Socially. Systemically. There is a motherhood tax in this country. And it doesn’t show up on your tax return — it shows up in the grocery aisle, in the child care application, in the quiet spaces where a mother chooses to stay home, not because she wants to, but because she can’t afford to go to work.