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It’s Time We Stop Saying ‘You Never Know Love Until You Have a Child’

This common phrase is hurtful to all women — even the mothers who are saying it

Y.L. Wolfe
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readFeb 3, 2021

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Black and white photo of a mother kissing her infant.
Photo: ArtMarie/Getty Images

In mid-January, I was scrolling through Instagram and stopped to watch a clip Ashley Graham had posted from a video she made to celebrate her son’s first year of life. It…

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Y.L. Wolfe
Human Parts

Gender-curious, solosexual, perimenopausal, childless crone-in-training. | Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gleDcD | Email: welcome@yaelwolfe.com