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Manifesto

The Mom-Center of the Universe

January 11, 2009 by Caryn Leave a Comment

Half-a-Portrait

Caryn: I’m loving the feedback we’re getting on the Manifesto. And some people have raised some points that I can’t shake. One is the whole tension between not thinking we moms are the center of theĀ universe and the reality that our kids need us to be—and that often we do want to be—of theirs.
Case-in-point: Before […]

Filed Under: Identities, Life, Manifesto, Mommy Revolution, Relationship, Roles

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