Jane Roper's Blog, page 27
May 5, 2012
The Missing Voices in the Mommy Wars
I’ve just about had it with the “Mommy Wars,” pitting working moms against stay at home moms. I’ve had it with the high-profile, un-nuanced discussions being had on the airwaves and even the more thoughtful discussions being had on other major media — including The New York Times discussion on attachment parenting vs. feminism and... Read the Rest »
April 19, 2012
A Mother’s Prayer for Privacy
Dear Lord, Thank you for my beautiful, healthy, creative and otherwise spectacular children. I am grateful for the many blessings and profound love that they have brought to my life. I just have a few teeny little requests: I pray that I might be able to take a shower without one of my children coming... Read the Rest »
April 10, 2012
Can I keep my daughters from becoming “Thinspired”?
For a couple of years when I was in high school, I got high on being hungry. High on the sight of my own bones. High on my own, amazing willpower. (Which was a far more exciting accomplishment to me than the straight-A’s I was scoring, and the awards I was racking up for leadership... Read the Rest »
Can I keep my daughters from becoming "Thinspired"?
For a couple of years when I was in high school, I got high on being hungry. High on the sight of my own bones. High on my own, amazing willpower. (Which was a far more exciting accomplishment to me than the straight-A's I was scoring, and the awards I was racking up for leadership... Read the Rest »
April 8, 2012
The Official Book Trailer for ‘DOUBLE TIME’ by Jane Roper
With many thanks to my husband, Alastair (cameraman) and my daughters, Elsa and Clio, whose entirely unprompted performance was absolutely brilliant.
The Official Book Trailer for 'DOUBLE TIME' by Jane Roper
With many thanks to my husband, Alastair (cameraman) and my daughters, Elsa and Clio, whose entirely unprompted performance was absolutely brilliant.
March 22, 2012
Mommy, what does “gay” mean?
My girls are constantly asking me what words mean. Words that they used to just ignore or whose meaning they got well enough in context, they’re now stopping to inquire about. (Maybe it’s a five-year-old thing.) What does “assume” mean? How about “agitated”? Or “express”? And then, about a week ago: “What does ‘gay’ mean?”... Read the Rest »
Mommy, what does "gay" mean?
My girls are constantly asking me what words mean. Words that they used to just ignore or whose meaning they got well enough in context, they're now stopping to inquire about. (Maybe it's a five-year-old thing.) What does "assume" mean? How about "agitated"? Or "express"? And then, about a week ago: "What does 'gay' mean?"... Read the Rest »
March 7, 2012
The Problem With The Golden Rule
Empathy doesn't tend to come naturally to preschoolers. I don't know about your kids, but the only walking-in-other-people's-shoes that my girls do on a regular basis is the literal kind. As in, they like to put on my Dansko clogs and shuffle around the house in them. (It's only a matter of time before someone... Read the Rest »
March 4, 2012
12 Great Tips for New Parents of Twins
I was recently trolling back through some old blog posts of mine to fix some technical-y-Search-Engine-y stuff, and came across a post I wrote last June in which I offered up some somewhat unexpected advice for new moms of twins. And it got me thinking: maybe it would be fun to get some of youradvice... Read the Rest »
