This message is repeated in rhyming textual content on 12 spreads. As mom buckles the car-seat
belt, the kid asks, “Mama, I’ll miss you. What do you do all day?” On the
left aspect of subsequent spreads Mama strikes by means of her day in an workplace continually
pondering of her little one—even peeking at child footage throughout a gathering. The appropriate-hand
web page exhibits the kid fortunately taking part in at day care. The ultimate 4 spreads present
them cheerfully collectively once more for night rituals: tub, studying time, and
bedtime. Each mom and little one have darkish pores and skin with straight black hair. The
pair share the identical persistent smile and pink dot cheeks, and their clothes
and inclinations are constantly sunny and brilliant. The pages are adorned
with birds, hearts, and flowers. Readers will notice that their days are reasonably
unrealistically stress-free. There are not any tantrums or responsible emotions on this
idealized world (and in addition no parental accomplice). And by no means thoughts that Mama may
truly take into consideration work at work.
