For a long time I would have been incensed if anyone implied that I
didn't receive 100% total satisfaction from being a mother. But I can
feel
the painful conundrum
that many moms face these days: is it okay to want more out of life
than "just" being a mother? And if you say anything negative, anything
at all, about your experiences raising children, does that make you a
bad mother?
I recently blogged about this crisis of identity that I feel many women are facing today.
Personally,
I feel that there's room in the world for all sorts of parents who take
their parenting roles to varying degrees. It's a personal choice that
shouldn't be dictated by social pressure to be "perfect". However, the
real world is far from my little bubble-world utopia, as we often find
ourselves casting aspersion, if not downright judgement, upon those who
make different choices than ours. That's what the Mommy Wars are all
about. I used to be one of those judgmental parents (and likely still
am; it's hard to shake all that away instantly) whose own fears of
less-than-perfection were mirrored in the actions of others.
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