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Parenting styles to the extreme

December 2, 2010




When I wrote last week about Erica Jong’s essay on attachment parenting, a lot of people commented both here and elsewhere that one of the big problems in her article is that she confused attachment parenting with helicopter parenting. Certainly, the two are not the same. In fact, they belong on different axes altogether. While [...]

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Does the world see moms the same way the New York Times does?

March 15, 2010




Is this how the world sees moms? It is how the New York Times sees them. Jennifer Mendelsohn wrote an article in the New York Times on mom bloggers, called Honey, Don’t Bother Mommy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand. I thought about writing a parody about journalists in response to it. But then I [...]

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Typology of the Mommy Blogger

August 13, 2009




What is a Mommy Blogger? Am I one? Do I want to be one? These thoughts have been racing through my head as I have read various media reports and blog posts leading up to and following BlogHer 09. When a lot of bloggers I know see the mainstream media talking about mommy bloggers, they [...]

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Infant feeding choices and obesity

July 3, 2008




I really hate the media sometimes. The number of inflammatory headlines that they come up with when discussing breastfeeding never ceases to amaze me. No wonder some mothers are scared right into formula feeding. The problem is that these stories often do not show all angles of the issue. The latest scare tactic: If you [...]

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