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Having a baby during COVID-19 gave me new respect for the job ‘mom’

Christa Keagle works with her children Rebekah, 3, and Joshua Keagle, 6, during a homeschool assignment in St. Charles, Iowa September 30, 2011. After decades on the margins of political life, homeschoolers have become some of the most valued Republican foot soldiers in Iowa, where a few thousand activists can wield an outsize influence in the first nominating contest in the 2012 presidential election. Picture taken September 30.    REUTERS/Brian C. Frank  (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION ELECTIONS) - GM1E7A409EJ01

"Motherhood is a joy, and motherhood is work." Image: REUTERS/Brian C. Frank

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