Mid-crisis, my 16-year-old son came downstairs and, seeing his distraught mother frantically hitting buttons, asked to help me. He listened as I tried to explain what happened. Then he calmly took my phone and began troubleshooting, pretending not to notice that I was struggling to hold it together.
Read MoreAs parents, this is what all that work of raising our kids has been for - to get them to the point where they are ready to launch and to create an independent life of their own.
Read MoreExhaustion, body changes, pregnancy fears, interruptions from baby, and feeling touched out could all serve to activate the inhibitory sexual response system that just says “No way, I can’t get there right now.”
This is especially true when babies are very small or are high-needs and they require so much from their primary caregivers.
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