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What Kind of Mom Are You?

Good grief, this was the title of an email I got from iVillage today. I don’t even know why I get these emails, I rarely look at the contents. But how do you read a sentence like that?

What kind of mom are you? (You know, are you a disciplinarian? are you the fun mom? etc, and probably the true intention of the sentence)

or

What kind of mom are you? (You know, ACCUSATORY! This might as well say, What kind of monster are you?!)

Or maybe that’s just me. Maybe I’m feeling touchy about my “maternal competence” since we let my dairy-sensitive daughter eat pine nuts… and then watched her suffer for 2 days with hives.

What I want to know is, what does it matter what kind of mom you are? Why do we need labels? And why does iVillage care?

The only thing good about this email was that it reminded me to unsubscribe to future emails.

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3 Responses to “What Kind of Mom Are You?”

  1. Christy Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 7:05 am

    They’re just trying to guilt you into buying something to compensate for some *perceived deficiency*. It’s disgusting. YOU ARE A GREAT MOM.

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    laurushka reply on March 25th, 2008:

    You are so right. But good grief, get this! When I woke up this morning, “ParentCenter” sent me an email titled:
    “ARE YOU A GOOD MOM?”
    I think it’s time to remove that one from my email list too.

  2. Christy Says:
    March 26th, 2008 at 7:29 am

    LOL!! Oh Laura. Too funny.

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