Underground Moms

I guess I'd have to say I am an underground grandmother, as my youngest will turn 21 in December. But I was definitely a free-range mother, and do what I can to support my two stepsons & daughters-in-law in fear-free parenting. Go check out the website, http://www.undergroundmoms.com/ . Some of my favorite moms who blog are there:

• Sara Bennett  Author of blog Stop Homework and book The Case Against Homework: How Homework Is Hurting Our Children & What We Can Do About It
• Squillo, from the blog Confutata
• EstherAr, from the blog Mainstream Parenting Resources
• Rational Moms

What are "Underground Moms?"

Underground Moms are not different from other moms in most ways: just trying to raise our kids and live our lives.  What’s different is that we try to examine the parenting culture we are swimming in, a culture that has brought us baby knee pads, professional babyproofers and prime time specials on child abductions.  Not to mention Baby Einstein.  (Do you know what the real Einstein played with as a child?  He built card houses.  So much for “educational DVDs”.)

All together, it is a culture that induces unnecessary self-doubt and fear in parents–fear that our children will be harmed, poisoned, slowed down, snatched, or bored for even a second.  At Underground Moms we look at where these assumptions come from, which ones merit buying into and which ones should be fought, for our sake and the sake of our precious kids.  We believe in freeing them from the restrictions that are baseless, and freeing ourselves from the extra guilt and worry.  In other words, it’s a liberation movement!  But so far without a good song!

I plan to work my way  through the blogs new to me.  Go over and take a look.

Comments

[Squillo]

Thanks for the shout-out, Liz. As stated in one of my favorite-ever movies (Parenthood), as a parent "you never get to spike the ball and do your touchdown dance." So I'd say you're still an underground mom. You've just added grandmother to your resume.