I was in a good mood, preparing to facilitate Moms’ Group, when into my InBox pops a copy of an essay Erica Jong wrote for the Wall Street Journal about attachment parenting.
Jong is an author who wrote a book in the 70’s called Fear of Flying and is considered to be a feminist voice. Some would say a militant feminist. The last line of the essay reads, “We need to be released from guilt about our children, not further bound by it. We need someone to say: Do the best you can. There are no rules.” If only Ms. Jong had followed her own advice. (more…)
