Motherhood Smotherhood takes parents through the trenches of new parenting, warning readers of the pleasures and perils of mommy blogs, new parent groups, self-described "lactivists," sleep fascists, incessant trend pieces on working versus non-working mothers, and the place where free time and self-esteem goes to
- Title : Motherhood Smotherhood: Fighting Back Against the Lactivists, Mompetitions, Germophobes, and So-Called Experts Who Are Driving Us Crazy
- Author : JJ Keith
- Rating : 4.71 (197 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-2-7
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 176 Pages
- Asin : 1629146587
- Language : English
Motherhood Smotherhood takes parents through the trenches of new parenting, warning readers of the pleasures and perils of mommy blogs, new parent groups, self-described "lactivists," sleep fascists, incessant trend pieces on working versus non-working mothers, and the place where free time and self-esteem goes to die: Pinterest (back away from the hand-made flower headbands for baby!).
JJ Keith interweaves discussions of what "it takes a village" really means (hint: a lot of unwanted advice from elderly strangers who may have grown up in actual villages) and a take-down of the rising "make your own baby food" movement (just mush a banana with a fork!) with laugh-out-loud observations about the many mistakes she made as a frantic new mother with too much access to high speed internet and a lot of questions. And it goes downhill from there. What's the first thing a woman does when she thinks she might be pregnant? She Googles. While the internet is full of calming and cheerily supportive articles, it's also littered with hyper-judgmental message boards and heaps of contradictory and scolding information. Keith cuts to the truth--whether it's about "perfect" births, parenting gurus, the growing tide of vacEvery new mom needs a copy of Motherhood Smotherhood."— Rebecca Woolf (Girls Gone Child), author of Rockabye: From Wild to Child"J. Spock (posthumously via a reputable psychic). The secret is out.”— Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, bestselling author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay and Naptime is the New Happy Hour“I love her stuff.”—Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess), New York Times bestselling author of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened"DUDE. Okay? There. What I'm saying is, I'm jealous of her ability. “J. Benjamin M. My bad.”— Dr. Motherhood Smotherhood is filled with worldly perspective and an original voice. This is epic. I wish I'd written it."— Leanne Shirtliffe, author of Don't Lick the Minivan: And Other Things I Never Thought I'd Say to My Kids"If for some reason I end up with a kid, this is the shit I would read."— Samantha Irby (Bitches Gotta Eat), author of Meaty: Essays“In today's culture of parentingIt was awesome. When Beckwith finally arrives, he easily alludes Kirk and Spock and overpowers Spock in about 5 seconds. And it's a great character study of Niro himself.. It also brings the importance of the Native Americans to our formation as an English Speaking Nation. So what was the point? How did that save Arthur and Merlin? Wasn't he going to be all depressed after she left? And Viviene's magical tear necklace makes all of the people Isabel loved then go to Isabel's time, with the same names and qualities. Well Spock runs in the street and tackles Beckwith preventing him from saving her. If you are a believer in psychic methods of researching hidden history, if you believe that there is Christian truth that can be reached by "sensitives", and that truth corrects the Christian theology/traditions that have been passed on for most of two millennia, you might love this book. Some photos are great, others or poor. Users will only require a small amount of Asterisk & Linux knowledge to be able to use this guide and fully understand the Asterisk PBX in its entirity.. Her wise Biblical teaching is truly God inspired. Everyone should rush out and buy copies, not only for themselves, but for all their families and friends. Gre
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