Normalize Formula? That’s Not the Problem
Ms. Teigen recently suggested that we need to "normalize formula". I don't think that's the problem.
Ms. Teigen recently suggested that we need to "normalize formula". I don't think that's the problem.
Attachment parenting is not anti-intellectual, but it is distinctly intellectual. Its proponents are actively thinking about what sort of adults they want to raise them to be.
The following is a talk I presented at the 2016 Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement Conference this past October in Toronto, ON on feminism, patriarchy, and mothering.
My review of the Brave Strong Girls Series of books for the modern girl who knows girls are more than just pretty faces!
A piece is making the rounds claiming that sleep training is a feminist issue. I think it is too, just not the way the original author believes.
I was disheartened because her statement about being “overly-educated” implies that somehow being educated and being a stay-at-home parent is incompatible. I don’t know how much she herself feels that, but I know it’s a common view in our society.
Despite one US researcher on gender studies claiming so, I'm going to say she's really part of the problem with her arguments.
Recently I was lead to a piece written by Katha Pollitt who claims that Attachment Parenting is bad not only for women, but for children too. Her evidence? Well, none.