I turned on the TV this morning and I almost fell off my exercycle. The big story being promoted on "Good Morning America" was titled "The Mommy Wars," which was being framed as a "new" argument between women. The audience was being invited into a "fight" over whether highly educated women should work or stay home with their children. It's going to go on for another day. www.abcnews.com
Fortunately, most of the women they chose to interview -- except for one writer -- didn't want to dictate what other women should do with their lives. They clearly didn't want to fight about it and understood working was an individual choice. That's the rational approach. There is nothing to fight about. Well, count me a conscientious objector in this war. I'm all for women vetting their choices with other women -- it helps you to clarify your own values. But trying make a one-size fits all recipe for being a wife and mother is like trying to make a supper menu that every toddler would eat. Ain't happening.
For anyone who really thinks there is only one right answer, I've got two words for you: "Wife Swap." Have you seen the wacky mothers on that TV show? Working is the least of their issues.
Moms need friends, not fights
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Heh. What about us stay at home dads? I want to fight...=)
I will fight for the children. . . choices are what parents need, not feminist demanding we leave them
And what about us go-to-work dads? Do we get to fight, too, or do we just get caught in the cross-fire?
Dads have a right to childcare their children too.... I say this as a parent not a feminist mom!
Why would a stay-at-home mom or dad be watching such a silly subject on Good Morning America?