Oh dear...given the vehemence and length of your and Chris' responses, I seem to have opened a can of worms with that article.
Much like snarkhunter, I took away a different message from the article than you and Chris. Actually, I pretty much took away the same message that snarkhunter did. Granted, I didn't scrutinize the article all that closely, I read it quickly and went "Hmmm - neat". My comment about wanting to move to France was merely admiring all the social, cultural, & governmental support in France for parents - and the lack of guilt-mongering for wanting and deserving personhood as well as parenthood - not necessarily agreeing with the given descriptions of 'adult womanhood', or 'family life' - which I took to be the prevailing view in France...not necessarily those of the author.
I didn't interpret the article as being 'anti-attachment-parenting' either, I took it as bemoaning how parents were pressured into so many things that maybe weren't viable choices for everyone. I took away more the message that there shouldn't be so much guilt and pressure about motherhood...
I was just happy to read about a society where parenting didn't involve guilt for wanting personhood or for going back to work.
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Date: 2005-02-28 05:32 am (UTC)Much like snarkhunter, I took away a different message from the article than you and Chris. Actually, I pretty much took away the same message that snarkhunter did. Granted, I didn't scrutinize the article all that closely, I read it quickly and went "Hmmm - neat". My comment about wanting to move to France was merely admiring all the social, cultural, & governmental support in France for parents - and the lack of guilt-mongering for wanting and deserving personhood as well as parenthood - not necessarily agreeing with the given descriptions of 'adult womanhood', or 'family life' - which I took to be the prevailing view in France...not necessarily those of the author.
I didn't interpret the article as being 'anti-attachment-parenting' either, I took it as bemoaning how parents were pressured into so many things that maybe weren't viable choices for everyone. I took away more the message that there shouldn't be so much guilt and pressure about motherhood...
I was just happy to read about a society where parenting didn't involve guilt for wanting personhood or for going back to work.