Mothers not needed, equality achieved?
I heard a story the other day on NPR about the rise of single men becoming single dads by choice. Some of the men interviewed are single by choice and don’t seem to have many prospects for parenting partnerships with the mothers (or surrogates), with women in general, or with other men. I have mixed [...]
Time for Equal Expectations
Tuesday, April 17, was National Equal Pay Day. Since it was also Tax Day, you may not have noticed. According to the National Committee on Pay Equity, which established Equal Pay Day in 1996, April 17, 2012 represented how far into 2012 women had to work to earn what men earned in 2011. (What I [...]
Baby do or baby don’t?
Story #1: Educated, career-oriented American women falsely assume they can easily conceive children when they’re in their 40s. Story #2: An unemployed, probably uneducated and possibly bipolar American woman easily conceives and bares 15 children with 3 different men and then demands that the state take care of them. I read, listened to [...]
Age is disrupting my perfect vision of motherhood
Getting used to sharing space for the rest of your life with one person is challenging enough. I say why not work on that, and hopefully enjoy it, before becoming parents? But motherhood trends are pointing a different direction. Yes, the perfect scenario for motherhood is changing, and age has a lot to do with it.
Reality check: Bristol Palin, teen moms and American hardship
In a recent Courier-Journal article, Lifehouse executive director Joan Smith said the organization offers alternatives to abortion and said that Palin’s life “is the reality. She is a role model in the fact that she chose to have her child.” A role model? Reality? If Bristol Palin had to live one day of her magical life like the pregnant teens I’ve known, I don’t think she would be able to take it.
The one you did for Part 2
Providing dollars for the family isn’t a father’s only responsibility. A girl with no father figure in her life will come in contact with plenty of men who value her talents over her sexuality, but hearing it at home first inspires a certain level of confidence in a girl that will continue throughout her life.
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