Mother’s Day 2008
[Guest post by DRJ]
What makes a good mother?
There are probably as many ideas of what makes a good mother as there are mothers. Patrice Buzzanell, a communications and gender professor (an interesting combination) at Purdue University compared working and stay-at-home moms and found they have different ideas of what makes a good mother. Specifically, while stay-at-home mothers emphasize their ability to nurture their children, working women are more likely to describe themselves as nurturers who have successful careers:
“Even if they don’t say it explicitly, [working mothers] are implying ‘Look at me, I am doing this so much better because I have the best of both worlds.”
Buzzanell was surprised that the women in the study rarely mentioned fathers in decision-making about childcare issues, something that would not surprise most of today’s fathers.
Whatever kind of mother you have, you are or you want to be, best wishes and Happy Mother’s Day!
— DRJ
Happy Mother’s Day.
http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/e/x/extel3/080504_023.jpg
steve (4af57c) — 5/11/2008 @ 2:03 pmThat is a perfect link, steve.
DRJ (baa25b) — 5/11/2008 @ 2:15 pmHappy Mother’s Day, everybody.
nk (8f20b5) — 5/11/2008 @ 2:30 pmHappy Mother’s Day, DRJ.
And if any of you haven’t seen this:
http://stashiu3.mee.nu/happy_mothers_day
[Thanks, Kishnevi, and as already knew, I found this in the spam filter. — DRJ]
kishnevi (da26af) — 5/11/2008 @ 4:10 pm@$!@^$%#@ spam filter won’t even let me post a Mother’s Day wish!
Anyway, Happy Mother’s Day to you, DRJ.
And if anyone hasn’t wandered by Stashiu’s Space today, it’s worth a look. (That’s the link the spam filter ate.)
kishnevi (da26af) — 5/11/2008 @ 4:13 pmA good mom lets her kids lick the last of the batter out of the mixing bowl. A great mom turns off the beaters first.
allan (a24c69) — 5/11/2008 @ 4:34 pmTo DRJ and all the rest of you moms out there
Happy Mothers Day!
Buckshot (62b062) — 5/11/2008 @ 4:48 pm“Buzznell was surprised that the women in the study rarely mentioned fathers…”
That quote made me laugh. Buzznell needs to get out of her echo chamber.
“A women needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle”, like so many lies, has been repeated so often, in so many ways, for so many decades that some people not only believe it but can’t even remember a time when men and women worked together to raise a family.
tyree (38e5ba) — 5/11/2008 @ 4:53 pmA good parent is one who can listen to his/her child scream “I HATE YOU! I wish I was never born!” without collapsing into a puddle of quivering goo.
Darleen (187edc) — 5/11/2008 @ 7:51 pmOr, depending on the situation, hysterical laughter.
Happy Mother’s Day to DRJ and all the other great Moms!
Stashiu3 (460dc1) — 5/11/2008 @ 7:59 pm“but can’t even remember a time when men and women worked together to raise a family.”
I can. I’ll say it straight out that those 3 amazing young adults who spoiled me today wouldn’t be nearly half as respectful, kind or strong if they hadn’t had their dad leading by example way.
allan, #6, I always turned the beaters off first…I didn’t want to cut my tongue! 🙂
Dana (1e8061) — 5/11/2008 @ 8:20 pm