Parenting Propaganda and Mommy Porn

re: Parenting Propaganda and Mommy Porn

cocosmalls — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:41:37 GMT

her comment about being asked who is with the kids becoming normal instead of offensive is so true and i think really the heart of her issue. men ask me all the time, but no one asks my husband ever-EXCEPT when i am in his office consulting, all the sudden his co-workers ask him where our kids are. the good part is he gets it....

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Karen — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:47:45 GMT

She does misrepresent and/or misunderstand the salary data but she does make a few good points. Funnily enough, she does call out the the anecdotal self-reported parenting data in parenting porn. Besides the data topics, I think she makes enough good points that the bad points don't make me need to dismiss her outright.

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steffmarcusky — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:52:14 GMT

I dunno, I thought it was pretty interesting. At first I wasn't impressed with the whole "we chose to go to work because we want to get away from our kids", not because we need the money. Then I remembered how I've said before that I would go out of my mind staying home with the Boy. Interesting

re: Parenting Propaganda and Mommy Porn

Amy — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:10:46 GMT

I read Penelope Trunk's column in blog on a regular basis. She's like a friend I can get along with 75% of the time, and the other 25% I want to ask "What's wrong with you?" I personally think she writes like she's a bit stuck on herself as well.

re: Parenting Propaganda and Mommy Porn

Chiken — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:57:48 GMT

General inability to write a coherent sentence? That's rather harsh and, in my opinion, untrue. To my mind, the article makes significantly more sense than your post. Maybe Trunk didn't note that the young-women-earn-more-than-young-men statistic applies only in cities such as New York, but that hardly impacts her thesis.

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Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:51:59 GMT

Well said... celeb mommy porn is just another level of how we're all fucking up if we're not blissfully happy (with twins!!) while working 80 hours a week. Trunk veers off course but ignites an interesting discussion in spite of herself.