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Bad Mother
Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace | Ayelet Waldman
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In our mothers’ day there were good mothers, indifferent mothers, and occasionally, great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers: If you work, you’re neglectful; if you stay home, you’re smothering. If you discipline, you’re buying them a spot on the shrink’s couch; if you let them run wild, they will be into drugs by seventh grade. Is it any wonder so many women refer to themselves at one time or another as a “bad mother”? Writing with remarkable candor, and dispensing much hilarious and helpful advice along the way—Is breast best? What should you do when your daughter dresses up as a “ho” for Halloween?—Ayelet Waldman says it's time for women to get over it and get on with it in this wry, unflinchingly honest, and always insightful memoir on modern motherhood. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Quick! I need 16 valentines for my three year old's preschool class exchange! Um, um... *looks around the house, finds a stack of old little kid paintings moldering on the back porch* BINGO.

Marchpane Love this - very creative! 7y
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GPOY (citing my sources: http://hannalooye.tumblr.com/post/153916648895/for-everybody-who-loves-to-readin... (and I hasten to add, like any guilt-ridden parent, that my personal reading has taken a backseat to actual child interaction, for which I fully expect a sainthood😉)

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Get my mom hat on...

MaureenMc This is one of my all-time favorite essay collections! 7y
JenniferSpiegel I'm liking it!! 7y
AmyWrites I LOVED this book. So so good! 7y
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