I guess she did this interview first. I like that she's not attacking anyone (even though it seems like Merideth might be) and just giving credit to a group of women.
hey girl - i'd be happy to give you a more detailed step-by-step on the mobile. e.mail me at talktoemilyanne {at} gmail {dot} com and i'll be happy to answer any ?'s you have. it was really easy and fun!
I totally love how Dr. Laura "sticks to her guns" in these interviews. She is not going to be deterred or derailed. :)
Have you read her book "Parenthood by Proxy?" I had to read if for a class in college. It led to lots of discussions in our class. Very thought-provoking.
I love that she says you may have to make sacrifices to stay home with your kids, but that it's the best gift you can give them. She's so right, there is a huge stigma against SAHM's and it's just really great to hear a professional therapist recognize that it's a great great thing. I also love that she doesn't say that working is the enemy or anything, but that if you really need to you can work out to do both as long as your kids are your priorities.
I find it unfortunate that Meridith is being such a stinker. Just last week on the TODAY show I saw them interviewing a couple of 'Alpha Moms' who do it all and they were praising them to the skies. How come the subject of a woman choosing to raise her children full-time, deserves such skepticism and superiority?
Thanks for sharing Afton. I'll have to read the book.
I think Meredith is probably just doing her job, which is to make an interesting interview.
Having been on both side of this (plus a little in the middle) I seem to be hearing something else, too. I think it's about mom's whose hearts and souls are at home, with their kids best interest coming first. This is true even in mom's who HAVE to work outside the home. (In contrast to those who do just to get the bigger house, boat, vacation, etc, not to provide food, shelter, etc)
I'm glad someone wrote this book, unfortunately, I wish she would have written it a few years ago. With the economy as it is and knowing many SAHM's who are heading out to work to feed & house their family, I fear this could just add to the ever present guilt.
Hi Afton! I liked the interview, and am grateful that someone with actual worldly "prestige" and honors would actually stand up for stay at home moms. Working moms get to talk all of the time about the guilt that they are feeling, and then the world builds them up by calling them super-moms or alpha-moms and such. I'm not going to take away their titles or honors, but I do appreciate when stay at home moms and others also appreciate that at-home moms are also super-moms and alpha-moms-- accomplishing the same sorts of honors but their audience is a much smaller, much less "profitable" and certainly less appreciative sometimes (my kids are sweet and all but really they have no idea the gross things that we do for them every single day, day in and day out). The people caring for working mom's kids do these things too... but stay at home moms do these things and more, just like the working moms. That's my take, thanks for sharing.
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hey girl -
i'd be happy to give you a more detailed step-by-step on the mobile. e.mail me at talktoemilyanne {at} gmail {dot} com and i'll be happy to answer any ?'s you have. it was really easy and fun!
I totally love how Dr. Laura "sticks to her guns" in these interviews. She is not going to be deterred or derailed. :)
Have you read her book "Parenthood by Proxy?" I had to read if for a class in college. It led to lots of discussions in our class. Very thought-provoking.
I love that she says you may have to make sacrifices to stay home with your kids, but that it's the best gift you can give them. She's so right, there is a huge stigma against SAHM's and it's just really great to hear a professional therapist recognize that it's a great great thing. I also love that she doesn't say that working is the enemy or anything, but that if you really need to you can work out to do both as long as your kids are your priorities.
I find it unfortunate that Meridith is being such a stinker. Just last week on the TODAY show I saw them interviewing a couple of 'Alpha Moms' who do it all and they were praising them to the skies. How come the subject of a woman choosing to raise her children full-time, deserves such skepticism and superiority?
Thanks for sharing Afton. I'll have to read the book.
I think Meredith is probably just doing her job, which is to make an interesting interview.
Having been on both side of this (plus a little in the middle) I seem to be hearing something else, too. I think it's about mom's whose hearts and souls are at home, with their kids best interest coming first. This is true even in mom's who HAVE to work outside the home. (In contrast to those who do just to get the bigger house, boat, vacation, etc, not to provide food, shelter, etc)
I'm glad someone wrote this book, unfortunately, I wish she would have written it a few years ago. With the economy as it is and knowing many SAHM's who are heading out to work to feed & house their family, I fear this could just add to the ever present guilt.
Hi Afton! I liked the interview, and am grateful that someone with actual worldly "prestige" and honors would actually stand up for stay at home moms. Working moms get to talk all of the time about the guilt that they are feeling, and then the world builds them up by calling them super-moms or alpha-moms and such. I'm not going to take away their titles or honors, but I do appreciate when stay at home moms and others also appreciate that at-home moms are also super-moms and alpha-moms-- accomplishing the same sorts of honors but their audience is a much smaller, much less "profitable" and certainly less appreciative sometimes (my kids are sweet and all but really they have no idea the gross things that we do for them every single day, day in and day out). The people caring for working mom's kids do these things too... but stay at home moms do these things and more, just like the working moms. That's my take, thanks for sharing.
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