I am very fortunate to be the mother of the best little boy in the world (not that I'm biased or anything). My parenting decisions are influenced by Attachment Parenting (though I am not dogmatic about it). As a single mother (not by choice), I am regularly reminded of our culture's devaluing of parenting. Regardless of the age or temperament of the child, single moms are always expected to pursue full-time employment, as though their financial contributions are more important than their parenting contributions. It is especially disheartening to see this attitude from organizations that supposed advocate stay-at-home mothering—in general, they only support stay-at-home mothering for married women. Why should it be assumed that mothering is less important for a child if his dad no longer lives with the family?

Opinion

Babies Who Love Too Much Why does our society see intimacy, nurturing, and responding to our babies' needs as damaging?

Blaming Mother. CTV reaches a new nadir of mother blaming in its coverage of Alnoor Amarsi's attempted murder of his daughter Imara.

Is Parenthood a Career? Raising a kid is hard work and time-consuming, but equating it to other jobs leads to problems for parents and children.

Why Are There No Married Fathers in Fathers' Rights Groups? Why have fathers' rights groups neglected the poor married fathers who are being deprived of the right to be equally involved in raising their own children?

Links

La Leche League International: information and support for breastfeeding mothers.

Ethical Treatment for All Youth: a disturbing site about terrible "therapies" that some children and teens are subjected to in response to inappropriate sexual behaviour.

Liznotes on family law politics and child custody. A wealth of information which debunks common myths about divorce.

Parents for Legal and Nonsectarian Schools: if you are thinking about Waldorf education for your child, you must read this site! (Unless you don't mind racism and pseudoscience dressed up in flaky "spritual" Anthroposophical garb.)

The Problem with Daycare: lengthy and disturbing article about the flaws in even the best daycare situations. Human infants and small children need more individual attention than a daycare can provide, and they need a stable consistent caregiver, not a series of changing employees.

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