Comments on: From Outside the Mommy Wars http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/from-outside-the-mommy-wars Live Your Truth Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:24:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tweets that mention From Outside the Mommy Wars | Elizabeth Potts Weinstein -- Topsy.com http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/from-outside-the-mommy-wars/comment-page-1#comment-423 Tweets that mention From Outside the Mommy Wars | Elizabeth Potts Weinstein -- Topsy.com Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:28:45 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/2007/07/24/from-outside-the-mommy-wars/#comment-423 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Donna Bruschi. Donna Bruschi said: RT @ElizabethPW From Outside the Mommy Wars | Elizabeth Potts Weinstein http://bit.ly/se5j8 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Donna Bruschi. Donna Bruschi said: RT @ElizabethPW From Outside the Mommy Wars | Elizabeth Potts Weinstein http://bit.ly/se5j8 [...]

]]> By: Stay at Home Moms Make Money Online http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/from-outside-the-mommy-wars/comment-page-1#comment-17 Stay at Home Moms Make Money Online Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:28:12 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/2007/07/24/from-outside-the-mommy-wars/#comment-17 Thank you for the wonderful tips! I truly believe that moms at home can find success making money online! Thank you for the wonderful tips!

I truly believe that moms at home can find success making money online!

]]> By: Saboma http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/from-outside-the-mommy-wars/comment-page-1#comment-16 Saboma Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:50:51 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/2007/07/24/from-outside-the-mommy-wars/#comment-16 Sincerely speaking, I am greatly impressed with the huge amount of topics being posted and am sure to be sending others who are dealing with these issues. Thanks ever so much for joining Blogging To Fame and getting yourself and this well written out blog into BTF's networking group. I will be reading up on your posts from my Google reader and will be dropping in now and again just to say howdy doo even if that's all I can manage to dredge up but I'll forwarn you, I'm a magpie once I get going, teehee! <b>*Hugs*</b> Sincerely speaking, I am greatly impressed with the huge amount of topics being posted and am sure to be sending others who are dealing with these issues.

Thanks ever so much for joining Blogging To Fame and getting yourself and this well written out blog into BTF’s networking group. I will be reading up on your posts from my Google reader and will be dropping in now and again just to say howdy doo even if that’s all I can manage to dredge up but I’ll forwarn you, I’m a magpie once I get going, teehee!

*Hugs*

]]> By: Fiona http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/from-outside-the-mommy-wars/comment-page-1#comment-15 Fiona Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:14:27 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/2007/07/24/from-outside-the-mommy-wars/#comment-15 I have to say that I think being in a camp is silly. We all make choices about our lives that fit our very different and individual needs. I think if a mom needs to work full time or just wants to work full time, then she should. If a mom wants to stay at home and can afford that option, then she should. Quite frankly, there are stay at home moms who spend less quality time with their kids than moms who work full time. TIME is not the entire issue here, I think it is a combination of factors. Where is mom going to be most happy? How is mom going to be the best person she can be? Because if she stays at home and resents it, her kids will know, and she is not being the best mom she can be. And if she works and resents it, then the time she does have will likely be tainted with resentment or guilt or both. Probably most moms don't fall into a particular camp anyway - most of us have memberships in all the camps throughout the lives of our children, sometimes at home, sometimes at work, but always busy! I tend to believe that this stay at home mom vs. working mom feud is largely fueled by media hype and attended mostly by the crackpots that seem to always be at the bottom of these ridiculous spats. Most moms know we are all just trying to do the best we can for our children and families in the best way we know how. Besides, there are thousands of different ways to raise kids and raise them well - I like my way and am in no position to begrudge another mom her way. Viva La Mama Mafia! I have to say that I think being in a camp is silly. We all make choices about our lives that fit our very different and individual needs. I think if a mom needs to work full time or just wants to work full time, then she should. If a mom wants to stay at home and can afford that option, then she should. Quite frankly, there are stay at home moms who spend less quality time with their kids than moms who work full time. TIME is not the entire issue here, I think it is a combination of factors. Where is mom going to be most happy? How is mom going to be the best person she can be? Because if she stays at home and resents it, her kids will know, and she is not being the best mom she can be. And if she works and resents it, then the time she does have will likely be tainted with resentment or guilt or both. Probably most moms don’t fall into a particular camp anyway – most of us have memberships in all the camps throughout the lives of our children, sometimes at home, sometimes at work, but always busy! I tend to believe that this stay at home mom vs. working mom feud is largely fueled by media hype and attended mostly by the crackpots that seem to always be at the bottom of these ridiculous spats. Most moms know we are all just trying to do the best we can for our children and families in the best way we know how. Besides, there are thousands of different ways to raise kids and raise them well – I like my way and am in no position to begrudge another mom her way. Viva La Mama Mafia!

]]> By: Elizabeth Potts Weinstein http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/from-outside-the-mommy-wars/comment-page-1#comment-14 Elizabeth Potts Weinstein Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:04:58 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/2007/07/24/from-outside-the-mommy-wars/#comment-14 Thanks to everyone for their comments! I love hearing from you! Bee - yes, the "mommy wars" may be more of a press-thing than something really between women. There is a real perception in the non-internet world that we are not doing "real" businesses, since we do not have a formal office. Da Mama - congrats on figuring out how to make working part-time work in your family. Yes, everything is a choice, and by definition, no matter what you choose, you are giving something up -- so the secret is figuring out your priorities. Hieronymus - I do know stay at home moms who feel guilty, and worried about their choices, so I was not just saying that in the context of being fair and balanced. :) But I do take issue with your statement that the only professional women are those who go to an office. I run a financial planning firm and a law firm from home, and my clients do not regard me as unprofessional, nor do I see myself that way. Perhaps you did not mean that, perhaps you were just defining how you were referring to working outside the home? In that case, yes, women who work outside the home with kids in some sort of child care are a particular group. Until next time, Elizabeth Thanks to everyone for their comments! I love hearing from you!

Bee – yes, the “mommy wars” may be more of a press-thing than something really between women. There is a real perception in the non-internet world that we are not doing “real” businesses, since we do not have a formal office.

Da Mama – congrats on figuring out how to make working part-time work in your family. Yes, everything is a choice, and by definition, no matter what you choose, you are giving something up — so the secret is figuring out your priorities.

Hieronymus – I do know stay at home moms who feel guilty, and worried about their choices, so I was not just saying that in the context of being fair and balanced. :) But I do take issue with your statement that the only professional women are those who go to an office. I run a financial planning firm and a law firm from home, and my clients do not regard me as unprofessional, nor do I see myself that way. Perhaps you did not mean that, perhaps you were just defining how you were referring to working outside the home? In that case, yes, women who work outside the home with kids in some sort of child care are a particular group.

Until next time,
Elizabeth

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