Interesting take on SAH/WOH/parenting
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| Tue, 04-14-2009 - 2:35pm |
I don't entirely agree with everything the writer says here, but I do think she makes some extremely valid points. Thoughts?
::: I Hate David Dellifield. The One From Ada, Ohio.
This past week was Spring Break and toward the end, somehow my ex and my nanny fell out of the picture, and I was doing a lot of taking care of the kids, which, I have said before, is not what I’m great at. I wish I were. I tried for four years to be a stay-at-home mom, only to discover that I am not meant to do that.
So, in a moment of innocent desperation, I wrote on Twitter: ��No school today and the nanny's on vacation. A whole day with the kids gets so boring: all intergalactic battles and no intellectual banter.”
I almost didn’t post that Twitter because it’s so banal.
But, in just seconds, because that’s how Twitter works, there was a firestorm of men telling me that I’m a bad mom. Really. Yes.
Here’s one from David Dellifield:
“@penelopetrunk sorry your kids are a burden, send them to OH, we'll enjoy them for who they are” :::
.... and the article continues here:
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/04/13/i-hate-david-dellifield-the-one-from-ada-ohio/
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Why hide your light under a bushel of bears, I ask you?
- Meal plan for the week of June 16:
- Working Moms Are to Blame...Really? 21
- Is the gender pay gap a myth where you work? 4
- Do you think your choices illustrate your priorities? 1
- How do you define success as a SAHM? 9
- Do you think that SAHDs are stigmatized? 3
- Family Friendly Professional Organizations 6
- Opt out or left out? 430
- Gender wage gap 6
- Women Not Taking Full Maternity Benefits 3
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Here's my 2 cents. You can't "convince" a 2-yr-old of anything--they do it when *they're* ready.
I took a friend's advice and took both my kids to Target to pick out "cool" underpants. Then we put them away in their drawer, and I said, "these are here for whenever you're ready to use them." Then I just waited. Both of them trained right at 3. I did make them wear pullups at night for a few weeks just to be sure, but we had almost no accidents.
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Why hide your light under a bushel of bears, I ask you?
Why hide your light under a bushel of bears, I ask you?
OMG coffee on the screen.
I am so glad I read this thread now I know that I will need to pay mega bucks for therapy because since my dd was 3.5 years old she has know by heart the recipe for chocolete chip cookie bars ROFLAO.
So glad that I was smart enough to not continue to drink as I read on in this thread :)
For what it is worth.
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