http://nessworld.com/2010/01/07/wahms-pop-quiz-hotshot-what-do-you-do/ The Online Magazine for Women Who Want it All Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:55:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://nessworld.com/2010/01/07/wahms-pop-quiz-hotshot-what-do-you-do/comment-page-1/#comment-56 NessWorld Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:53:26 +0000 http://nessworld.com/?p=386#comment-56 There's just no need for guilt when we're all working our butts off for our families. The illogicality of it all astounds me. I too have fallen prey to the guilt so many times, but if you break it down to the bear essential components, then what we are doing is right. It takes a village to raise a child. There is no escaping that fact. Particularly if you are one of the moms assigned to berry picking and hunting, rather than the nursery. In the wild old days each mother was tasked with producing new people for the tribe/village but not everyone was tasked with raising them all the time. I enjoyed the very early days with my kids, even through all the tiredness, and I adore spending as much time with them as possible. Back then some mothers would be out berry picking, and some would even choose to become warriors. I wonder if the mommy guilt back then was as intense as it is now? There’s just no need for guilt when we’re all working our butts off for our families. The illogicality of it all astounds me. I too have fallen prey to the guilt so many times, but if you break it down to the bear essential components, then what we are doing is right. It takes a village to raise a child. There is no escaping that fact. Particularly if you are one of the moms assigned to berry picking and hunting, rather than the nursery. In the wild old days each mother was tasked with producing new people for the tribe/village but not everyone was tasked with raising them all the time. I enjoyed the very early days with my kids, even through all the tiredness, and I adore spending as much time with them as possible. Back then some mothers would be out berry picking, and some would even choose to become warriors. I wonder if the mommy guilt back then was as intense as it is now?

]]> http://nessworld.com/2010/01/07/wahms-pop-quiz-hotshot-what-do-you-do/comment-page-1/#comment-54 kristi Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:18:03 +0000 http://nessworld.com/?p=386#comment-54 Love, Love, Love this post. So true. I chose to be a mother, but there are SO many things about caring for kids that other mothers (and childcare providers) do much, much better than I do. Thank you for doing your part to help us all pitch the mommy guilt. .-= kristi´s last blog ..<a href="http://interruptedwanderlust.blogspot.com/2010/01/miss-independent.html" rel="nofollow">Miss Independent</a> =-. Love, Love, Love this post. So true. I chose to be a mother, but there are SO many things about caring for kids that other mothers (and childcare providers) do much, much better than I do. Thank you for doing your part to help us all pitch the mommy guilt.
.-= kristi´s last blog ..Miss Independent =-.

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