The Slacker Mom
Muffy Mead-Ferro doesn’t take her kids to toddler ærobics; she doesn’t ferry them about hither & yon; instead, she lets them amuse themselves outdoors. A smart-sounding woman.
I wouldn’t say that my own mother was a slacker (especially not within earshot!), and I know that both of my parents spent a truly incredible amount of time and resources on us, but I think that compared to some of the hyper-twit parents one finds nowadays that they lean more towards this woman’s end of the scale. Certainly, they let us play on our own outside, and assigned us chores, and weren’t afraid to hire a babysitter and get out of the house when they needed it. For that matter, I doubt that Mrs. Mead-Ferro spends little time with her kids, rather than a sane amount of time.
Her book might be interesting, although since I’m a guy it’s probably better to avoid it: methinks that no woman on earth would appreciate me having read it.
