{click on the title to read the whole post} The Good Enough Mother | Flux Capacitor: I thought I understood when mothers said ' by the time you have your second child, you don't change the baby every hour ' or ' you let them eat off the floor if they're quiet '... but I didn't understand the deeper implications behind these jokes- the trade offs that you make in your ability to mother in order to have a bigger family. Or I need to say: the trade offs that I make. Another person- one who . . .

Some good reads on the web this week. Click on the title to read the whole thing. Occupy Wall Street is the dumbest best thing ever. | Marcy Writes I am feeling somewhat bi-polar when it comes to all things related to Occupy Wall Street. I have moments of pride and compassion and JOY to think of people rising up and taking action. And I have moments of disgust and anger at people whining and complaining and doing nothing constructive with their energy. And so I give you She Said/ She Said. . . .

  Some good reads on the web this week. Click on the title to read the whole thing.   Why I Don’t Want to Talk About Race | The Good Men Project Black people can’t talk to white people about race anymore. There’s really nothing left to say. There are libraries full of books, interviews, essays, lectures, and symposia. If people want to learn about their own country and its history, it is not incumbent on black people to talk to them about it. It is not our responsibility to . . .

Sometimes I’m able to make these weekly link posts thread together into a cohesive topic.  Other times, I just find a whole bunch of awesome posts that have absolutely no common thread beyond being something I enjoyed.  This is one of those weeks. These are just snippets, click on the title to read the whole post. Your Children are Stronger, Intellectually Superior and More Emotionally Stable Than Other Children | Aiming Low As a parent, you are well aware that your own . . .

It’s been interesting reading so many moms write about the back-to-school experience in the past few weeks. So many parallels to my own feelings. One aspect of motherhood seems universal: no matter where we live or where our kids go to school, we worry about how it will go for them. Here are a few musings on the kids going back to school. These are just snippets, click on the title to read the whole post.   Nuts about peanut butter | Motherhood Uncensored:   To me, having to . . .

The post I wrote last week about little girls in bikinis certainly struck a nerve.  While I don’t think any of us should be judge and jury over how others parent, I do think it’s okay to cast a critical gaze on the societal and media influences that are so pervasive in the world today.  Sometimes this might create tension, sometimes this might cause us to question ourselves, and sometimes it may mean we make completely difference choices than one another, and that’s okay.  Here . . .

So much good stuff on the interwebs this week. Put a show on for the kids and pretend that laundry isn’t there – I’ve got links for you. Some about sanity.  Some about crazy. Some about finding the space in between. Mother's little helper | a little pregnant Nothing makes this clearer than something my friend E. told me, about someone she knows who was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. Her friend, E. told me, remembers her childhood primarily as a series of angry faces. I don't . . .

So much good stuff on the interwebs this week.  Put a show on for the kids and pretend that laundry isn’t there – I’ve got links for you.  Lots and lots of links.  So a baby walked into a bar…  | Mom 101 We’ve spent a lot of time this week deciding why it’s so different in Spain. Why here, children are so integrated into the cafe culture while the opposite is true back home. I would imagine some of it has to do with our puritanical roots and desire to separate the . . .