Motherhood was never truly private, but it was often invisible. Tucked between feedings, forgotten lunches, and mental to-do lists no one else could see. It looked effortless on the outside. But inside, it was all clockwork and quiet chaos. But today’s mother is less inclined to disappear into her own selflessness. She’s ambitious, overstretched, discerning, and, increasingly, digitally equipped.
Enter: artificial intelligence. Not as a sleek sci-fi fantasy, but as a series of subtle, often invisible interventions. A sleep app that predicts your baby’s next nap with eerie precision. A mental health bot that checks in before the unravelling begins. A meal planner that somehow remembers your kid hates broccoli but loves udon noodles on Tuesdays. If this sounds less like motherhood as we knew it, and more like something out of a very chic domestic sci-fi, you’re not wrong.
But this isn’t about surrendering maternal instinct to machines. It’s about redefining support. In a world that still praises maternal burnout as a badge of honour, maybe the smartest thing a modern mother can do is automate what can be automated, and reserve her brilliance for what can’t.
AI in motherhood isn’t a revolution. It’s a quiet helping hand.
By Alice Codford
