What Moms Are Telling Their Daughters About Kamala Harris' Loss

"I think women are pushed to look on the bright side much of our lives. Having not ever had a female president in the history of America deserves some righteous anger and rage."

As Wednesday dawned and it became obvious that Donald Trump would return to the White House for a second term, Rebecca Shrader struggled to get back to her regular programming.

The Durham, North Carolina, mom of two had put her kids to sleep with them not knowing who would win the presidency: Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris. Now she had to wake them up for school and tell them the outcome of the election.

“I have a 10-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son,” she said. “They were very excited about a female president, especially my daughter. It was really hard to stay positive Wednesday morning, so I didn’t.”

Instead, Shrader gave her kids ― her daughter especially ― space to be angry and upset. The mom didn’t try to hide that she, too, was feeling demoralized that a qualified female candidate lost yet again.

“I wanted her to know we had a female vice president, we are closer than we’ve ever been and yet I’m so disappointed in the white female voters that voted against [Harris],” Shrader told HuffPost. (According to exit polls carried out by CNN, more than half of white women voted for Trump in this election.)