Getupgrrrl says things I think, only she says them more forcefully and elegantly than I ever could.
When you want to be a mother but you can't because your uterus keeps expelling pregnancies like Pencey Prep School on a Holden Caulfield binge, you do a lot of on-line reading about motherhood. And when you do a lot of on-line reading about motherhood, you eventually come to the conclusion that motherhood is a lot like high school: there are in-crowds and popular girls, wars between cliques that make Japan's Yamato period look like a Quaker meeting, and an infinite number of unspoken rules of conduct that, if broken, will forever brand you as being hopelessly uncool. Everyone wears Izod shirts on Fridays. Everyone rolls up the cuffs of their Polo button-downs. Everyone buys their sweaters at Benetton. Hello Kitty is in, Twin Stars is so out. Everyone breastfeeds. Oh, you don't breastfeed? Well, then, we'll stone you to death. Here, climb in this pit so we can bury you up to your neck, it won't take but a minute.
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If you are wondering what spoiling the kid rottenAttachment Parenting is, here are a list of sites.
What Is Attachment Parenting--this site makes it seem sort of common-sensical.
IVillage site is older but gets you the idea
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