Mommy madness
Feb. 16th, 2005 04:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrBoy, this article hit the nail on the head for me.
She discusses what I first started thinking about when I read Penelope Leach's books on parenting: that the problem for American parents (and especially American mothers) is that they think that all the problems they're encountering are just their individual faults, when really the reasons they're suffering are systemic, because they are not getting the support for their role that they deserve--that all the vaunted support that America gives their parents, and especially mothers, is little more than lip service.
She discusses what I first started thinking about when I read Penelope Leach's books on parenting: that the problem for American parents (and especially American mothers) is that they think that all the problems they're encountering are just their individual faults, when really the reasons they're suffering are systemic, because they are not getting the support for their role that they deserve--that all the vaunted support that America gives their parents, and especially mothers, is little more than lip service.
