tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post5420334125686105897..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: MommyAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-25171161496140580862011-06-15T19:45:40.026-04:002011-06-15T19:45:40.026-04:002. -- I'm sure you would have been prone to th...2. -- I'm sure you would have been prone to the same resentment anyone might have felt, but as usual I tend to come back to whether or not you did your duty, not whether you had the rights thoughts and feelings about it all the time. I'm guessing you would have found a way to deal with your feelings, and not abandoned your children.<br /><br />3. -- Yeah, "I couldn't be the perfect Mommy by some standard that has almost nothing to do with what you needed, so I abandoned you completely instead."Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-31673311177449736652011-06-14T23:21:22.454-04:002011-06-14T23:21:22.454-04:00Well, yeah, Retriever, but being a hippie parent w...Well, yeah, Retriever, but being a hippie parent when it's new is just a little different. We weren't as intense as you, but did lots of those things, too. We edged out of it gradually, discovering that our children remade some of the family culture as we went along. Plus we got so we didn't see the point of a lot of it after a few years.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-55087371263088701332011-06-14T00:51:21.495-04:002011-06-14T00:51:21.495-04:00About to go read links, but just for the record, I...About to go read links, but just for the record, I did the following hippie things (but didn't abandon my kids): exclusive breastfeeding to age 2 and a half, cloth diapers washed at home, at home mommy (no sitters, no extended family nearby so could never leave the kids), read aloud 3-4 hours a day or more to the kids until they could read, no TV until they were all reading chapter books (except documentaries on videos and approved kiddies films on weekends), organic food, all food cooked from scratch, homebaked bread, cookies, etc., home grown vegetables, all clothes and most toys from thrift shop, daily walks and trips to playground and public library, no vacations anywhere except to visit relatives and family place up north, regular church. A very boring family, living in a village where we could walk almost everywhere, and go to the beach. In a community where about 80% approx are married couples with kids. Stepford families. <br /><br />Now off to read the links (I posted a while ago on mothers abandonning their kids as my own mother was one who followed her bliss. One of the most self absorbed women I ever knew. Very modern, actually. Would have fit right in with these PC types. Perhaps the reason I'm such a fuddy duddy church mouse in reaction... )Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-67879129664445618452011-06-13T17:40:03.772-04:002011-06-13T17:40:03.772-04:00Here's the more usual mother leaves children s...Here's the more usual mother leaves children story:<br /><br />http://www.khou.com/news/local/Houston-mom-accused-of-leaving-daughter-alone-because-she-wanted-to-get-away-123761459.htmlErisGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383064735664269791noreply@blogger.com