Only because I cannot help to roll my eyes at the screeds on SM of the heavy trials of the SAHMs with 2 children. FCOL. I had to do the Mom thing with babies while working outside the home fulltime without the kinds of support expected & demanded today of the working father. So I had 2 FT jobs yet was made out to be neglectful and not a "real mom." Babies lived btw, w/o a wet nurse nor nanny nor an interested involved grandparent nor auntie providing childcare. There was no village in the late 1980s nor 1990s. The village is a myth.
This would be brilliant in one of those ‘Parent’ magazines now. Not as guideline, more as “guess what this isn’t so bad”
So subjective though. Here’s to my great grandmother who had 18 children. SO tired.
I love this!
Only because I cannot help to roll my eyes at the screeds on SM of the heavy trials of the SAHMs with 2 children. FCOL. I had to do the Mom thing with babies while working outside the home fulltime without the kinds of support expected & demanded today of the working father. So I had 2 FT jobs yet was made out to be neglectful and not a "real mom." Babies lived btw, w/o a wet nurse nor nanny nor an interested involved grandparent nor auntie providing childcare. There was no village in the late 1980s nor 1990s. The village is a myth.
Those loud, quarrelsome and unruly colonial children (Sam Adams for one) provided the impetus for the American Revolution. God bless them.
If it's "loud, quarrelsome, and unruly" children one wants today, I'd point them in the direction of a British approach called "taking children seriously": https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taking_Children_Seriously&oldid=1175639653
Being a wet nurse is my idea of hell. Couldn’t hack if with my own kids.
As one who is not a parent, I was unsure of clicking on this, but alas, I am glad I did. A masterful treatment!