That’s the assertion made by Elisabeth Badlinter in her new book, discussed in this article. The idea being that it’s a bit of a waste for a parent to sacrifice every part of their life for a child, given that we live for an average of 85 years and childhood is temporary. Her theory is that women get their life back by any means necessary – formula, childcare, whatever it takes – and get back to enjoying their life with a drink and a cigarette. And while I do enjoy …

This year I want to get organised. And not just with the big stuff, with all the little details as well. But I suppose if I could get on top of the little stuff, the big stuff would follow. Control freakdom is creepy that way.
Now, my inner perfectionist may be dead, but my inner control freak never dies, she just lies (almost) dormant and often passes judgement on everything.My inner control freak is in league with my inner Virgo, who is often (and easily) enraged by the piles of washing, …

I am so glad that I subscribed to the comments at PhD in Parenting’s article  - Dr. Phil Stay-at-home mom vs. working mom show because if I hadn’t I would have missed out an an a really interesting debate. And that’s one of the things I love about Annie’s blog is it almost always sparks intense debate, and there’s nothing I love more than a good debate.
Caroline’s comment sparked a big reaction, but I didn’t comment (yet!) I had so many ideas about it that I thought I could only do …

Am I AWOL?
No way! Check out my Guest Post at Raising My Boychick on motherhood, womanhood, high heels and handbags. In her blog, Arwyn writes about feminism, parenting, privilege, gender and the kyriarchy. But most importantly her writing is brave.

As somebody who goes into work once a week, works from home on the other days and run around after a 16 month old, I am always looking for ways that I can fit everything in. I think it would be definitely possible to fit everything in if I had about three or four more hours in the day, or maybe a housekeeper or a cook or a really good assistant.
On a good day I’ll spend between 3 – 4 hours in the day on work, and hour on exercising, …

I was reading this post about ethics in blogging and the evolution of ‘mommy blogging’. But what really caught my eye was the comments – a lot less about ethics and much more about blogging mothers in general. I’d like to go with the high road and not dignify any of it but somehow a rant seems more fun . . .
The first and quite possibly the most insulting comment:
“how about women get real jobs . . . How about teaching them that mommy is just as smart as daddy …