tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9999144.post113955424867550217..comments2024-02-14T14:37:30.781-08:00Comments on Mother in Chief: Blog Book Tour: Literary MamaMother in Chiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096344221710006618noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9999144.post-1139781978660992712006-02-12T14:06:00.000-08:002006-02-12T14:06:00.000-08:00Hello, again, Chief.You are 'right on' in your ass...Hello, again, Chief.<BR/><BR/>You are 'right on' in your assessment of the many parenting articles that stereotype mothers into a few small categories: Stoic Mom ('Boopy has insomnia and I have not slept for the past 12 years'); Frazzled Mom ('Bippy has piano twelve times a week and Tiny doesn't like peas - I don't know what to do'); Uptight Mom ('My friend lets her kids play with the lawnmower - what should I do?'). All of the so-called issues these pseudo-Moms have are small and solveable. Indeed, Mom has usually learned her lesson and is looking forward to being an even better mother.<BR/><BR/>What about Regular Mom? Good-enough Mom? Shitty on some days, better on others? What do the pseudo-moms, paragons of cotton and organic vegetables, do when there is a serious illness in the family? A death? Someone loses a job? Is Bosco in a bubble, protected from all of this?<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure motherhood is misunderstood. For example, when telling a toddler "that's not okay" is considered excellent communication for us to use with our kids, something is off-center. "That's wrong" is a lot easier. Even I understand it. Why the gloss?<BR/><BR/>Publishers oughta quit trying to market scar-mucus-whine-and- scream-free mothering and write about something compelling - like what to take for a headache when one child is yelling in your ear and the other is wailing downstairs. <BR/><BR/>Moms need a few more baths, a little more use of the microwave.<BR/>Boopy can go watch a little t.v., eat some chocolate, and tease her sister.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600435737545164492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9999144.post-1139651642192324282006-02-11T01:54:00.000-08:002006-02-11T01:54:00.000-08:00Seems like everyone who reads this book has to co...Seems like everyone who reads this book has to comment on "Johnny". I can understand; the story just ripped my heart out.<BR/><BR/>You have a right nice blog here!Miss Cellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056319889765739429noreply@blogger.com