tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937585902833836482.post2084559605369668558..comments2024-03-21T08:31:35.856-04:00Comments on parenthropology: Obama's mamaparenthropologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03778354783812302873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937585902833836482.post-60229947255458212622011-04-20T20:35:10.525-04:002011-04-20T20:35:10.525-04:00Thanks for the comment. I guess I am not shocked b...Thanks for the comment. I guess I am not shocked b/c I might have answered the same when I was 18 or 19 years old and had limited understanding about what parents really have to do. (Were you teaching Meredith Small's "Our Babies, Ourselves"? B/c a moment like that always seems to occur when I use that article. Blurgh.)<br /><br />I like that you talk about being assertive and resourceful, rather than self-sacrificing. Unfortunately, I think women like my own mother really did experience being a parent as sacrifice - but I plan to make it a point from now on to describe my parenting as assertiveness and resourcefulness. So, thanks!parenthropologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03778354783812302873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937585902833836482.post-9454477355093948332011-04-20T16:26:02.059-04:002011-04-20T16:26:02.059-04:00I was a bit shocked when my students said earlier ...I was a bit shocked when my students said earlier this semester that to be a good mother you needed to be completely selfless and put your children above all else. It never occurred to them that that might not be healthy for either mom or child. Nor did it occur to them that being a "good mother" might involve more about being assertive and resourceful than about self-sacrifice.MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607263173045234707noreply@blogger.com