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What the hell is an anti-mom!"
But the moms of my childhood that I remember most were the moms working and struggling to make their families successful whether they were single moms or a part of a couple. The moms I remember most and best are: Alice; Kate and Allie; Florida on Good Times; Elise Keaton on Family Ties, Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show and Ann Romano on One Day at a Time. (I know there are so many more. Who are your favorite TV moms?)
But no one would have ever have called those women anti-moms? And seriously, what the hell is an anti-mom? All these women love and take care of their kids in a variety of ways like what happens off TV. Does putting a ridiculous and sexist term term out there help move the conversation forward in any proactive way?
Myself, I think of science fiction moms:
Janet Frazier, CMO, adoptive mom of an "alien" girl who grows up well adjusted, feisty and with a whole lot of fanfics dealing with her...not surprising since she shows up as her future self in an episode. One of the few domestic peaks into the SG1 & their supporters ( ie the CMO of their base and friend as well...) lives is a birthday party for Janet's beloved Cassie.
Dana Scully, MD: Mom of a "lost, secret" child, and a child of her and her adored Mulder's who she had to foster out...such sadness around Dana's momness.
Another CMO, Dr Crusher...she has a genius son, who might or not ascend to some higher plane...and she gets the gorgeous gorgeous Picard ( or at least, maybe I think she does...depends...); in general, a happier mom than either Dr. Frazier and Dr. Scully.
I didn't "grow up" with these three, but good role models, balancing life and career, pursuing a career they believe in, and being human as well.
Note: what is it about Doctors, and science fiction and momness...?
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But the moms of my childhood that I remember most were the moms working and struggling to make their families successful whether they were single moms or a part of a couple. The moms I remember most and best are: Alice; Kate and Allie; Florida on Good Times; Elise Keaton on Family Ties, Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show and Ann Romano on One Day at a Time. (I know there are so many more. Who are your favorite TV moms?)
But no one would have ever have called those women anti-moms? And seriously, what the hell is an anti-mom? All these women love and take care of their kids in a variety of ways like what happens off TV. Does putting a ridiculous and sexist term term out there help move the conversation forward in any proactive way?
Myself, I think of science fiction moms:
Janet Frazier, CMO, adoptive mom of an "alien" girl who grows up well adjusted, feisty and with a whole lot of fanfics dealing with her...not surprising since she shows up as her future self in an episode. One of the few domestic peaks into the SG1 & their supporters ( ie the CMO of their base and friend as well...) lives is a birthday party for Janet's beloved Cassie.
Dana Scully, MD: Mom of a "lost, secret" child, and a child of her and her adored Mulder's who she had to foster out...such sadness around Dana's momness.
Another CMO, Dr Crusher...she has a genius son, who might or not ascend to some higher plane...and she gets the gorgeous gorgeous Picard ( or at least, maybe I think she does...depends...); in general, a happier mom than either Dr. Frazier and Dr. Scully.
I didn't "grow up" with these three, but good role models, balancing life and career, pursuing a career they believe in, and being human as well.
Note: what is it about Doctors, and science fiction and momness...?
...
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