Annette's review
Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety
by Judith Warner
Annette's review
Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety by Judith Warner
Annette's review
rating:
recommended for: Anxious Moms who think they have to be perfect or their babies will be retarded.
I'm conflicted about this book. There are very powerful insights to the super-mommy phenom that is hitting mothers thru the country. Gotta do Gymboree on Monday, piano lessons on Tuesday, soccer and social skills class on Wed etc...turns out we are going to have a generation of completely dependent children. They aren't going to be able to figure things out on their own. I also liked the idea of trying to balance the pre and post birth identities. Did us educated women REALLY spend 19 years of our lives in school only to be full-time mommies? If so, then why aren't our husbands paid enough to offer a secure home life?
On the down side: I don't understand the author's writing style. It's like this. This. Incomplete. Sentences. It might make sense if read aloud, but it doesn't flow from the pages.
It is also 100% geared towards upper-middle-class Moms. But of course, we're the type of Moms who read this crap.
On the down side: I don't understand the author's writing style. It's like this. This. Incomplete. Sentences. It might make sense if read aloud, but it doesn't flow from the pages.
It is also 100% geared towards upper-middle-class Moms. But of course, we're the type of Moms who read this crap.
