Im reading the Mommy Myth(again)."The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women".
I know that sounds horrible but here is part of the introduction.
"Its 5:22 P.M.You're in the grocery store checkout line.Your 3 year old is writhing on the floor,screaming,because you have refused to buy her a Teletuby pinwheel.Your 6 year old is whining ,repeatedly,in a voice that could saw through cement,"But mommy ,puleeze,puleeze'because you have not bought the latest "Lunchables,"which features as the four food groups ,Cheetos,a Snickers bar,,Cheeze Whiz,and Twizzlers.Your teenager,who has not spoken a single word in the past four days except,"You've ruined my life",followed by "Everyone else has one",is out in the car,sulking,with the new rap metal band "**** on the Parentals blasting through the headphones of a Discman.
To distract yourself,and to avoid the glares of other shoppers who have already deemed you the worst mother in America,you leaf through People Magazine.Inside Uma Thurman gushes "Moterhood Is Sexy".Moving on to good Housekeeping,Vanna White says of her child,"When I hear his cry at six-thirty in the morning,I have a smile on my face,and Im not an early riser.Another unexpected source of earth-mother wisdom,the newly maternal Pamala Lee,also confides to People,"I just love getting up with him in the middle of the night to feed him or soothe him."Brought back to reality by the stereophonic whining,you indeed feel about as sexy as Rush Limbaugh in a thong.
