A mom's realization about who really needs "the village" has gone viral on social media.

Lina Simpson, 36, shared a post on Threads under the handle @lina_simps about the emotional toll of motherhood and the kind of support women say they desperately need.

Simpson wrote that the oft-repeated adage doesn't refer to the work of raising children at all: "We can raise children on our own, but the mothers suffer very real mental and physical stress for years upon years. The village is for her."

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The mom from Virginia went on to explain that the village is the sisters, friends, aunties and other moms who remind a mother that she is still a person—someone worthy of connection, affection and care, even when she feels she has nothing left to give.

Simpson, who works full time

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