Guest guest Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 yeah, that's really icky. and it's my mom's exact philosophy. what if the author has a tomboy, what will she do then. the universe should have blessed her with a gay son as a compromise. that was my mother's outlook too, she adores both her sons, who are both barely competent in the world thanks to her 'adoration' and my sister and I she treated like budding prostitutes. I really despise the constant implications that we were sluts in the making, just burning to bust out and make porn flicks with rivaling football teams. It was gross, mainly because it was so utterly groundless and innappropriate. > > Imagine if this woman ever really does have a daughter. Will she be on this board one day or one like it? It's like she knows her son is supposed to be a separate being and says so, but in this and throughout the article it is clear *if* she had a daughter she'd be likely to swallow her whole. > > A quote: > > " I subscribe strongly to the belief that all things have their season. It was my season for a girl. God had been right to pick a son for me first — I wasn't ready. I was ready now. I was a great mom to my son. I let him be. I let him breathe. I treated him as his own separate, distinct being. I didn't share or burden him with my terrible self-judging thoughts (the way my grandmother and mother had with their daughters). I knew he wasn't simply a miniature version of me. How could I not know, with his little weenie right there all the time? " > > http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2010/07/20/daughter_parenting_boys_open2010/in\ dex.html > > julie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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