Comments on: Dropping a Nuke on the “Mommy Wars”

By: The Dana Files » Mommy Wars or Women’s Wars??

The Dana Files » Mommy Wars or Women’s Wars?? — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:33:39 +0000

[...] I was reading this and that, and I wonder: When will women be celebrated for making choices that best suit them instead of being forced to do what society expects of them? [...]

By: Minal

Minal — Wed, 03 May 2006 10:46:00 +0000

Shouldn’t the debate be directed towards having the option to choose?
Am working with no kids at present but wuold definitely love to stay at home and not miss even one single sec of my child’s life but due to financial constraints I know I would not be able to take a break.
So shouldn’t the society/work laws be such which gives us woman, the flexibility to choose…perhaps working from home/a longer maternity leave?
instead of fighting amongst ourselves shouldn’t we be more concerned about this?

By: mrsmogul

mrsmogul — Tue, 02 May 2006 04:11:00 +0000

I;ve never heard of a blog over a year ago and now I am one….sort of also a mommy blogger cause I just shot out a tyke recently!

Hey I know the Queen, I can get you discounts at Buckingham Palace and get you a free subscription to The Sun!

By: Psychobabble

Psychobabble — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:24:00 +0000

That’s about it, yes. A few people can make a whole group look bad. For CF women, it’s the crazy cat lady, for us mothers, it’s the entitlement mommies.

By: Queen of Spain

Queen of Spain — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:24:00 +0000

So the problem isn’t childless women either, it’s just the few that have 14 cats that perpetuate the sterotype?

By: Psychobabble

Psychobabble — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:27:00 +0000

The problem isn’t mothers…it’s a group I like to call “entitlement moms”
You know the kind, you’ve met them. They’re entitled to use the day-old coupon, b/c it’s for the children. They’re entitled to be seated first at the restaurant, b/c the kids are hungry. They’re entitled to coming in late w/out consequences at work, b/c Snookums missed the bus.
And so on and so on. The entitlement moms think the whole world revolves around them and their kid(s)
Thanks to that sort of person, people have a hard time taking any mother, nay, any woman seriously in the work place.

By: reluctant housewife

reluctant housewife — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:27:00 +0000

Not only are mothers raising the next world leaders, we are leading by example – by living the life we want (whether we choose to work at home or outside the home) and dealing with the consequences.

Bravo on this post.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:31:00 +0000

I hadn’t heard of the ‘mommy wars’ until an ‘incident’ at my daughter’s gymnastics class. I now know better than to bring the subject up to my type-A personality disordered *working* wife.

Women need to learn to be like men. I stay at home with the kids (3 girls ages 10mo, 3yrs, 5yrs). Even though I work my tail off, all my friends (guy friends) think I am a bum. They are clueless. The fact that they think I am a bum and that I think they are clueless does not interfere with anything. Stop being so catty.

Having said that, Stay at home moms are better than working moms.

By: Erin S.

Erin S. — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:53:00 +0000

I’m educated (finishing my masters) and planning on staying home for at least a few years when I have kids. Not that there’s anything wrong with working while you raise your kids – my mom had to, and she still managed to do a darn good job. I just think I’ll be lucky enough NOT to have to. And that makes me immensely happy. Because you’re right – there is NO more important job than raising and educating a child.

By: kfk

kfk — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:41:00 +0000

The reality is that those other women wouldn’t be here had their mothers felt the same. Amazing the shallow minds of those who “think” they are so deep and profound and above the drudgery of motherhood. I’m not saying they should be mothers, but just as I don’t condemn their choice, they should not condemn mine.