When I was a kid, I vividly remember wondering why my mom never sat down. The rest of the family would be lounging in the living room, watching television, reading books, and generally zoning out, but she was always on her feet, even when my dad would implore her to join us. At the time, I thought her constant motion was a personal decision — that she was the kind of person who just couldn't relax — but almost 30 years later, now that I'm the mom of two small children, I realize the real reasons she never sat down . . . because they're the same reasons that I am now constantly on my feet, even when my husband begs me to join him and the kids on the couch, even when I'm exhausted, even when sitting sounds pretty wonderful.
Here are the five reasons you'll almost never find a mom of young kids lounging on the couch with her feet up.