Graciousness never hurts anyone. Mrs. Obama was also gracious. She tweeted, “Every mother works hard, and every woman deserves to be respected. –mo
It never hurts to be gracious. The Bushes were the model of graciousness. They knew how to act both publically and privately. So do the Obamas.
What I find amazing is how Rosen’s comments got so convoluted. What started out as snarkiness about Mrs. Romney’s street cred on women and the economy ended up being a national debate on how hard it is to be a mother. That isn’t where it started out but things took a strange sharp turn in the road and here we are.
Is it any harder to be a mother nowadays than it was last generation, 2 generations ago? What are the biggest problems of motherhood?
Kids have always been exposed to things we don’t want them exposed to. The one major difference I notice between my kids and my grandkids is how much more freely I turned mine loose. Mine snuck out of here as soon as my back was turned and they came home when it got dark or they got hungry. As parents we felt safer. yes. bad things happened. However, kids were allowed to play outside. Once they got old enough to stay out of the street, they were given a free range.
What do you all see?
From the Washington Post:
(Kathleen Parker’s column)
Maybe the Catholic Leagues chief tweeter ought to be fired or at least made to remove the word “Catholic” from in front of that account. I thought the Catholic League was all about social justice and civil rights rather than meanness.
Ugh, I was once told by some self-righteous SAHM that I wasn’t living an “authentic” Catholic life because I worked outside the home. The keeper SAHM friends are the ones who accepted and supported my choices, who showed interest in my work and life in the same way I showed interest in theirs. The other ones–the “mean girls” who quite literally shunned me on the playground or made their little condescending “I don’t know how you do it all” jabs–I always wished I could be in a position where they would be asking me for a job someday.
@Emma,
Even once would give great satisfaction.
I don’t like the mean side of Christianity, regardless of denomination. I have this unrealistic expectation that if someone is going to attach their religion (Methodist, Catholic, Jewish, etc) that is is an unspoken law of Golden Rule that it can’t be mean spirited.
“I don’t know how you do it all” really isn’t admiration, is it? It took me a long time to realize that. Of course, now, looking back in time with only X amount of energy, I really don’t know how I did it all, especially when the kids were very young.
I guess the Republicans have learned a few things from the Dems. The Dems know how to blow a misplaced comment into a full blown political attack. Obama apparently made his way up through the political ranks in his earlier days by trashing his opponent’s family and background in at least one political race. This attack caused his opponent to drop from the race.
Who are you talking about SA?
Jack Ryan 2004
I don’t know that person. Why is Obama getting the blame?
Don’t involve families, right! A website ad featuring M. Obama requests that you “Tell Barrack you’re in.”