In a recent interview with a local channel, TV host, model and mother of three Mathira opened up on the pressure and trauma she was facing as she navigated in life as a single parent after her divorce in 2018. She shed light over it Strength, she is found in her children.

Mathira expressed that her three sons have been her biggest source of support and described how she had to adopt both maternal and fatherly roles in their upbringing. She explained: “When the relationship with the father fizzles out completely, it is up to the mother to take on the man’s role. To be a man for a woman who is not her job. But when she becomes a man, she becomes stronger than a man. “

The model also highlighted the double standards present in society, pointing out the sharp differences in how single mothers and fathers were perceived. “When a single mother does something, instead of praising her, they wonder how many others were behind the scenes that helped her. When a man does something good, we value him, but when a woman is running a household, there are too many accusations against her, ”said Mathira. She added markedly, “it will be very hard, and then she is unable to be a good mother or assume the role of a father.”

She also revealed the severe depression she experienced after her third pregnancy, a struggle that society largely ignored, occasionally shameful and dismissed as insignificant. “I think people now get the education that there is such a thing as depression – like Postpartum depression – and hormones,” she noted, emphasizing the need for greater understanding of mental health problems.

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