Between sleepless nights, diapers and feeding times, having small children at home could leave Priscilla Goins feeling exhausted. She loved her kids, but it was a lot. `I would sometimes say `I just want a minute to myself,`` Goins, of Knoxville, Tennessee, said. `People would be like: `Oh, you`ll miss it when they`re older.`` And that made her so mad. It`s not that she disagreed. But in those moments, Goins wasn`t looking for a reality check. Instead, she wanted acknowledgement that the exhaustion she was going through was legitimate. Her friends` responses sometimes left her feeling bad for wanting that alone time. `I still want that minute to myself,` she recalled feeling. `But now I...
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