088 Second Child Thoughts: What Changes When 1 Becomes 2 with Lynn Berger

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So many moms worry about whether or not we are giving enough attention to our kids, especially when they outnumber you! We feel guilty for spending what may seem like a lot of time with one child and not enough with the other. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But is that really happening? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are we really giving some of our kids (often the younger ones) the raw end of the deal?</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode we talk with Lynn Berger,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">a writer and journalist in the Netherlands, covering care, and author. As the care correspondent for online journalism platform</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">De Correspondent</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, she writes about the various forms care can take, what it does for us, and what we need in order to take good care. Lynn took her thoughts and experiences of being a second child, combined them with her own thoughts as she prepared to, and had her second child, and rounded it all out with what the research says on the subject and put it together in her book,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Second Thoughts: On Having and Being a Second Child.</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">JoAnn, Brie, and Lynn talk about their own experiences both as children with siblings and with their own children and the guilt that we face trying to give each child what feels like is never enough time.</span></p> <p> </p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Resources We Shared:</span></h2> <p><a href="https://www.noguiltmom.com/hpc"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Happy Parent Checklist</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.pgishparenting.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">PG-ish Podcast</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/3cTGilT"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Second Thoughts: On Having and Being a