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Tag Archives: responses
Congratulating Samantha Brick
I’d be lying if I tried to say I haven’t seen Daily Mail reporter Samantha Brick’s “beautiful” face every time I’ve opened my computer in the past few days. She’s on my Facebook feed, she’s up in my Twitter, people … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, daily mail, responses, samantha brick, women, women hate me because I'm beautiful
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The War on the War
Last night I ended up having a conversation with a good friend of mine about only children. Did you know that even today, they feel judged and ostracized for their parents’ reproductive choices? It’s not just “onlies.” Children are judged … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, children, kids, mary elizabeth williams, onlies, only child, only children, parenting, responses, salon, toddlers, twins
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Just a Mom? Yes, Facebook, Just a Mom.
Have you seen the newest Facebook status meant to buoy stay at home moms up and make themselves feel as if they’re worth something? “You’re just a mom?? Uhh Yes….I AM A MOM!!! That makes me an alarm clock, cook, … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, children, facebook, kids, parenting, responses, sahm, stay at home mom, toddlers
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Are Parents Ruining Their Children
Are parents ruining their children? This expansive article by Psychology Today, first released in 2004, says yes. It says that from infancy on, helicopter parents cushion their children’s failures while pushing them ever harder for success, and if that success … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, articles, babies, children, depression, development, kids, parenting, psychology today, responses, toddlers
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Feminism – You’re Doing it Wrong
“The reality is that women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently. It’s just easier this way for everyone. You don’t argue with a four-year old about why … Continue reading
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Tagged dilbert, equality of the sexes, feminism, gender differences, men's rights, responses, scott adams, women, women's rights
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Love is Delusion, Duh
My father has an old saying. “Houses and spouses may come and go, but children will love you forever.” While this statement may be coming from a place of discreet cynicism on his part, its foundation – that the love … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, babies, childfree, childless, children, john cloud, kids, parenting, responses, toddlers
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Being a Mother is Easy
Being a stay at home mom is easy. That’s what this comedian tells me, and he would know. (Bill Burr on being a mother. Caution – adult language.) I admit, I laughed out loud at this bit. It’s true, in … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, children, kids, parenting, responses, sahm, stay at home mom, toddlers
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Abortion, Eugenics and Parenting
The abortion debate rages on around us. The ethical issues of life and death are potent enough to break families apart as members line up on either side of the great divide. Neither side will budge. Both sides feel they … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, abortion debate, articles, babies, fetus, glenn beck, infants, parenting, pro-choice, pro-life, responses, virginia ironside
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A Race to the Bottom
In my opinion, love and sacrifice are not the same thing. One mother may have to sacrifice everything for the child she loves; another may sacrifice just a few things for the child she also loves. Sacrifices vary by time and personality; love is a constant. Continue reading
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Tagged babies, children, facebook, kids, moms, motherhood, mothers, parenting, responses, toddlers
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Childish
Vernon had an opportunity here to meaningfully stand up for her way of life, to shut the doubting mouths of those who would brush her decision aside. She chose, instead, to instigate a bitter attack against a group of people just trying to get by with one less food stain on their carpet. Continue reading
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Tagged articles, childfree, childless, children, kids, marie claire, parenting, polly vernon, responses
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