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Please visit our MOTHERS website at www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org
and sign our petition to ask the media to STOP dividing
women and address the real, underlying issues.
The NAMC and its MOTHERS Initiative has once again created
a special project for Mother's Day - we're declaring a Ceasefire
in the "Mommy Wars". This expression is being used
by many authors, journalists, TV & radio personalities
to create controversy to sell their magazines and newspapers
or to boost ratings for their shows. The reality is that women
are NOT at war with each other.
In most cases the tensions we feel are related to the fact
that the choices we are faced with are NOT the choices we
might make if there were more options available. Right now
we can stay home to raise our children, go to work outside
the home, work from home, work full or part-time. But we are
always concerned about the road not taken. If we are at home,
how much of a financial sacrifice is it for the family? And
is our career being derailed? If we work part-time, are we
denied benefits or the chance for advancement? If we work
full time, do we have the flexibility we desire to be able
to go to our children's soccer games or class plays? What
if both mom & dad could work flexible hours that wouldn't
require leaving our children with non-related caregivers?
Clearly the choices are limited and not necessarily the choices
that we would pick if we had other options. This is what we
believe causes the tensions we feel in making these difficult
decisions.
So we're asking women (and men) to participate in our Ceasefire
on the "Mommy Wars" Campaign to send a message to
the media that we are not buying in to the notion that women
who've made different decisions are at war with each other.
Besides the petition, the website includes talking points
and sample letters you can send to editors who continue to
use this divisive phrase. The use of this phrase leaves the
impression that the issues are different for different "kinds"
of mothers and that is not the case. Plus a working mom may
need to stay home at some point and an at-home mom may find
she needs to go to work at some point. It's a back-and-forth
process for many of us. The policies and customs that would
value and support the work of mothering would benefit ALL
mothers. So our goal is to unite mothers, to point out what
kinds of changes may be helpful, to encourage moms to work
for the changes they feel will be beneficial to them, and
to make the case that motherhood should be valued and supported.
Thanks for your support.
www.motherscenter.org
Mothers
Initiative Click
This Link
www.MOTHERSBookBag.org
info@motherscenter.org
MOTHERS TO MOTHERS: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
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