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A friend of mine, Lyla Wolfenstein, posted a link to this article on her Facebook page tonight: Mother and Child Communion: A Collective Challenge for Our Future While I’m a fan of biologically appropriate parenting, and have been known to say that I believe in attachment theory the same way I believe in the theory of [...] 10 December 2009 at 1:42 am | Category: Attachment Parenting, Gender, Kyriarchy, Privilege | Tags: attachment theory, gender roles, misogyny, mother blame, societal pressures | 16 comments
Like this? Share it: I was in one of those sort of surreal conversations the other day, where someone was telling me that, now that he’s two, the Boychick really should spend some time away from The Man and me, so he can “develop independence”. I tried to stutter a defense about how he has a lot of independence already, [...] 22 March 2009 at 9:57 pm | Category: Attachment Parenting, Parenting, Patriarchy | Tags: attachment theory, misogyny, societal pressures, USA | 20 comments
Like this? Share it: Dawn at this woman’s work has an interesting post up about should-ing on an already overwhelmed mother. She framed it as those self-righteous LLLers (these, I should say, as she was one of them) versus a woman who just needed to hear that CIO (the act of leaving a baby alone to “cry it out” [...] 11 March 2009 at 7:05 pm | Category: Attachment Parenting, Kyriarchy, Parenting, Patriarchy | Tags: attachment theory, family un-friendly, misogyny, sleep, societal pressures | 7 comments
Like this? Share it: I am not one of those feminists who think women must be engaged in paid employment to be fulfilled. I am not one of those feminists who thinks a woman’s highest calling and only pursuit necessary for fulfillment is mothering. I do not believe in gender essentialism; I do not believe formula freed women. I am not a [...] 4 January 2009 at 11:05 pm | Category: Attachment Parenting, Gender, Parenting, Patriarchy, Privilege | Tags: attachment theory, family un-friendly, misogyny, USA | 14 comments
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Arwyn
In my bathroom hangs a plaque with a picture of a yin yang and the word BALANCE. I can never get it to hang straight. This probably says something deep and meaningful about my life.
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