Quote ="Dally"A big problem in our society is enhanced mobility eg through car usage. This allows longer jounrney's to work, frequent school runs, leisure trips, etc. All of these create an illusion of freedom but the down-side is time poverty, feeling rushed, feeling stressed. If people were to analyse their stressed and time pressured lives they would realise that it comes down to their own choosing. The extreme example is the neurotic upper middle-class non-working housewife who is always stressed even if she only has 2 kids to cope with and a nanny! Their stress comes from running round taking the kids to school, going the gym, going for coffee, going for lunch, going shopping, taking kids to activity after activity. None of which, with the exception of a bit of occassional shopping, is in any way necessary. If they made the kids walk / get the bus, play out and did some housework they'd have more time and be happier.'"
what a load of tripe !
stress is :
not being able pay the bills
not being able to support your family
having to live with terminal illness or disability within the family unit
being unemployed and feeling useless
feeling alone in times of need
etc etc
having one of those things is bad enough - can you imagine what's it's like to have several, if not ALL these problems to face ?