Mothers are bad. Everyone from Freud on down says so. Judith Warner is the latest author to chime in--she's got a new book out and she's getting lots of press. And women of my generation, just like every other generation before you, you're doing it all wrong! These sorts of theories, and the books and articles they spawn just tend to piss me off and render me inarticulate. Luckily, that is not the case for getupgrrl. If you're not already a big fan of her blog Chez Miscarriage (and if you're not, you haven't been reading blogs for very long) please go read her wonderful analysis of the hubbub here. She manages to be pissed off and not lose her head about it. Plus, she is also very funny, as you will notice if you poke around her blog a little bit, which I highly recommend.
UPDATE: Did I mention that Warner gleaned her info for the book by talking to 150 women? Yes, 150! Now there's a representative sample of American motherhood. Whew, glad we cleared that up.
I was just saying over at the Hip Attachment forum that I went to a talk at our local mental health hospital last week on anxiety disorders in children (my kids are diagnosed with AD and OCD) -- it was pretty good except for the slide on "parenting styles" which stated that parents who weren't attached enough to their kids caused anxious children AND that parents who were over attached to their kids caused anxious children... you just can't win. (parent blaming goes on and on...)
Posted by: lisa | 2005.02.19 at 22:43