BAM! Nailed it.

I supposed it's difficult to have babies on the cast, and to manage them (and their caregivers) in a way that fits into an IMPORTANT movie making schedule.

I supposed it's difficult to accurately express the inner monologue of a multitasking caregiver on the big screen - where action and physicality are the main tools of (most) filmmakers.

It's probably hard to show a subject-character in an objectifying world that is so subconsciously ruled by a male-gaze ethos that people not only don't know this is happening, they actively argue AGAINST the issue being a problem.

But if Mom's can do this work WHILE they're doing their outer-world work too? It seems like a fitting challenge for the movie world. I like your call out here. Your many points of how real motherhood intersects with real professional work all hit pretty close to home!

I was editing a video podcast I did lately with a software engineer - and I ended up watching, then cutting out a whole 5 minutes where my daughter walked into my office to ask me her important question, and I had to put the engineer on hold while I gave her space to ask me.

It was informative to see him on screen, grinning at my patience, and patiently waiting for me to get back to the technical due diligence conversation while my daughter asked me a very slow and circular question about fairness with her brother. But I'll be damned if I don't give her priority sometimes when I'm working - otherwise she'd never get it.

And my poor task switching brain just chooses to allow me time to swim and dance and meditate to make up for the stressors of jumping between the two worlds - as I work to bring them into harmony fo myself and anyone else in the same boat!