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If 1950s Women Were Trapped, So are We

January 11, 2017 Sarah Smiley
Motherhood

What ensnares women today is not that different from what ensnared them when our mothers were young. Instead of being the best wife, however, we’ve moved on to being the best mother. And even if we follow all the rules and recommendations, more rules will come along to show us that we’ve failed (that Fisher Price bike holds an electronic tablet for more ridicule-worthy screen time). We no longer worry about what our husband thinks of our hands, but we sure do worry that our son’s packed lunch won’t measure up to the one we saw on Instagram.

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In Motherhood, Marriage Tags motherhood, free range parenting, parenting, social issues, motherhood in the news, politics

Free-Range Parenting Will Take Guts, Groups

April 24, 2015 Sarah Smiley
Free-Range Parenting

Maybe moms finally have gotten tired of hovering over every art project. Maybe they are sick of the kids being inside. Maybe they’ve finally realized they don’t really want to sit and make small talk with someone else while their children have a playdate. (The best kind of “play dates,” by the way, are the ones where the mom drops off her kid so mine is entertained and I can mop the kitchen floor.)

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In Motherhood, Politics Tags free range parenting, parenting, motherhood, motherhood in the news, childhood, politics, social issues

Syndicated newspaper columnist Sarah Smiley is the author of Dinner With the Smileys (Hyperion, 2013) and Got Here as Soon as I Could (DownEast, 2016). Described as an "Erma Bombeck" by Publishers Weekly, Sarah is best known for her sometimes funny, always endearing tales of raising three boys. She and her family live in Maine. 

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