The frequency of personal questions grows in direct proportion to your increasing girth. . . . No one would ask a man such a personally invasive question as "Is your wife having natural childbirth or is she planning to be knocked out?" But someone might ask that of you. No matter how much you wish for privacy, your pregnancy is a public event to which everyone feels invited.
Keep telling yourself and others there are no supermoms, there are only wonderful mothers. - Jean Marzollo
Keep telling yourself and others there are no supermoms, there are only wonderful mothers.
- Jean Marzollo
The frequency of personal questions grows in direct proportion to your increasing girth. . . . No one would ask a man such a personally invasive ques… - Jean Marzollo
The frequency of personal questions grows in direct proportion to your increasing girth. . . . No one would ask a man such a personally invasive ques…
If work is part of your identity, think very carefully before you give it up. Giving it up won't make you a better mother; it will make you less of t… - Jean Marzollo
If work is part of your identity, think very carefully before you give it up. Giving it up won't make you a better mother; it will make you less of t…
In the best of all possible worlds, childbirth enriches a marriage. In the worst, it harms it. No matter how good their marriage is, most couples fin… - Jean Marzollo
In the best of all possible worlds, childbirth enriches a marriage. In the worst, it harms it. No matter how good their marriage is, most couples fin…
You may, or may not, have better child care instincts than your husband; but his can certainly be developed. If you don't respectthe natural parentin… - Jean Marzollo
You may, or may not, have better child care instincts than your husband; but his can certainly be developed. If you don't respectthe natural parentin…
Good guilt is a product of love and responsibility. It is a natural, positive instinct that parents and good child care providers have. If bad guilt … - Jean Marzollo
Good guilt is a product of love and responsibility. It is a natural, positive instinct that parents and good child care providers have. If bad guilt …
Both at-home and working mothers can overmeet their mothering responsibilities. In order to justify their jobs, working mothers can overnurture, over… - Jean Marzollo
Both at-home and working mothers can overmeet their mothering responsibilities. In order to justify their jobs, working mothers can overnurture, over…
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