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<blockquote data-quote="ScentofCedar" data-source="post: 35540" data-attributes="member: 3353"><p>Wow, Terryforvols ~ great response.</p><p></p><p>I did not see the show either ~ but I agree that motherhood is viewed as the lesser, and less satisfying, choice these days.</p><p></p><p>There was never anything I wanted more than I wanted to be a homemaker and a mother. I loved every minute of it too, until everything went wrong. Those parents whose chldren have survived their adolescences intact must be very happy and fulfilled people, I think.</p><p></p><p>It would have been a more interesting, more me-centered life, if I had never had children, or had gone back to work right after they were born.</p><p> </p><p>It is harder now to be a mom because our neighborhoods are empty and there is no one to support us, now. The days when there was a stable, experienced older woman just down the block (or even, the days when our own mothers were there for us) ~ those days are gone.</p><p></p><p>In talking to my granddaughters, I do not see the same emphasis on marriage or children that I knew at that age. Both are bright, both intend to have careers.</p><p></p><p>Each is more honest, more empowered, and more frankly curious about the opposite sex than I was at that age ~ but without the husband/marriage fantasy. (You know the ones I mean. The Prince awakens Sleeping Beauty with a kiss, Cinderella is whisked off to the castle because she has the smallest feet, Snow White is poisoned because she is prettier than the Queen.)</p><p></p><p>Things are changing, alright.</p><p></p><p>I do think this change is for the better.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes, I think that women have traditionally been required to sacrifice too much of who they are or might have become for the sakes of their children. Other times, I think the moral backbone provided by women in the homes and in the neighborhoods is missing now, and will result in less and less moral structure in our governments and societies.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScentofCedar, post: 35540, member: 3353"] Wow, Terryforvols ~ great response. I did not see the show either ~ but I agree that motherhood is viewed as the lesser, and less satisfying, choice these days. There was never anything I wanted more than I wanted to be a homemaker and a mother. I loved every minute of it too, until everything went wrong. Those parents whose chldren have survived their adolescences intact must be very happy and fulfilled people, I think. It would have been a more interesting, more me-centered life, if I had never had children, or had gone back to work right after they were born. It is harder now to be a mom because our neighborhoods are empty and there is no one to support us, now. The days when there was a stable, experienced older woman just down the block (or even, the days when our own mothers were there for us) ~ those days are gone. In talking to my granddaughters, I do not see the same emphasis on marriage or children that I knew at that age. Both are bright, both intend to have careers. Each is more honest, more empowered, and more frankly curious about the opposite sex than I was at that age ~ but without the husband/marriage fantasy. (You know the ones I mean. The Prince awakens Sleeping Beauty with a kiss, Cinderella is whisked off to the castle because she has the smallest feet, Snow White is poisoned because she is prettier than the Queen.) Things are changing, alright. I do think this change is for the better. Sometimes, I think that women have traditionally been required to sacrifice too much of who they are or might have become for the sakes of their children. Other times, I think the moral backbone provided by women in the homes and in the neighborhoods is missing now, and will result in less and less moral structure in our governments and societies. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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