The Dark Side of Evil Geniuses and Their Mini Mes

A friend of mine told me the other day that when her child is sick and she needs to take a day off work (because of course it is she who takes the day off work, not her husband) that it is easier for her to tell her boss that her washing machine has broken than to admit that her child is sick and she needs to take care of him.

If you are a mother, the chances are that you have been there, you have experienced that uncomfortable shaming due to the demands of your child, or you have tried to cover them to your own detriment. The message you try to portray is that yes, I birthed these dependent humans into this world, but no, they will not affect my ability to deliver to deadline, or impact on my work for you. And we tie ourselves in knots, or make ourselves sick doing so.

And so, it’s almost like some kind of sick joke that Elon Musk turned up for ‘work’ at the Oval Office this week with his four-year-old son in tow, not only that but he proceeded to conduct a press conference while the …