http://blog.kidletoccupation.com/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:31:54 +0000 Megan Buhler c117@http://blog.kidletoccupation.com/ I'm reading Flunking Sainthood for a book club this month. Actually, I haven't started it yet. It seems like it will go along with this. Guilt is a major issue in my life and in the life of every mom I know. <br /> <br /> In The Magic of Ordinary Days, the author talks about those hardworking homesteading women and how many of them went crazy because of overwork and not enough company. That was really eye opening to me. I think it is so easy to feel myself lacking when I start idealizing previous generations of women who didn't have washing machines and microwaves and all of the modern conveniences I do. But, as you mentioned, we tend to over-idealize previous generations without realizing the whole picture.
In The Magic of Ordinary Days, the author talks about those hardworking homesteading women and how many of them went crazy because of overwork and not enough company. That was really eye opening to me. I think it is so easy to feel myself lacking when I start idealizing previous generations of women who didn't have washing machines and microwaves and all of the modern conveniences I do. But, as you mentioned, we tend to over-idealize previous generations without realizing the whole picture.]]> http://blog.kidletoccupation.com/index.php/just-for-moms-the-guilt-2#c117