So now, confess to me.

You know you really want to admit you YEARN (yes YEARN!) to be superMom and SuperParent and SuperSpouse and SuperBlogger and SuperSensualGoddess and ….you get the idea, right? Thing is, though, being all those ’supers’ can be mighty tiring indeed. What’s the best balance?

I came across this superb interview on Weary Parent that you must read! To wit:

…It is very rare that I pick up a book that is so much fun I can’t put it down - especially one on parenting, but when I received Jen Singer’s You’re a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren’t So Bad Either) to review I seriously could not put it down! In her book, Jen gives us 14 secrets to finding happiness between Super Mom and Slacker Mom. Admit it, we all know Moms that fall in to each of those categories!

For 21st Century mothers, there seem to be just two choices: Super Mom or Slacker Mom. One’s bad for you; one’s bad for your kids. So what’s a mom to do? Jen offers secrets for raise perfectly good kids in that sweet spot between flash cards at breakfast and “donuts for dinner, kids!”

Jen’s book is full of common sense advice, served with a side of humor and sass. The chapters have titles that are also the secrets like “Super Mom is Faking It”, “Your Kid’s Birthday Party Isn’t Your Coming-Out Celebration”, “Your Kid Shouldn’t Be Wearing a T-Shirt That Reads Future Trophy Wife” and “If You Think You’re a Cool Mom, Your Kids Think You’re a Pushover…..MORE….

If only the kids truly appreciated what us parents go thru. But as with everything…with age, comes wisdom. Or obliviousness. Your choice.

You can learn other, ahem, interesting tidbits about Slacker Super Moms at:

Confessions of a Slacker Mom

Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-03-26 Summary: Refreshing 2! … I just read this book and it was a breath of fresh air. It doesn’t bother me that she has a nanny, lucky for her is what I say. I love the basic premise of the book and realize that it has a lot of good points in it! Our kids are wonderful and I love mine dearly but they don’t need EVERYTHING and do need boundaries. The current age thinking is not on track IMO and I think a little throw back to the “good ole days” would do us some good. I am not advocating child labor or anything like that but just wishing a little …more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2007-07-12 Summary: A Voice of Reason … When I first found out I was pregnant, one of my best friends sent me all the books she had read when she was pregnant with her first. Of all that she sent–and many were good–this one has helped me to keep my sanity. I’m due in 3 weeks and anytime I start to panic about silly things like having the right “stuff,” I think about this book and relax. The baby-sleeping-in-a-crab-cage story has been the best at getting to take everything a little less seriously and to enjoy this process a bit more. Yes, the author has …more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2007-06-14 Summary: Lighten up people! … The low reviews I’ve read for this book crack me up! Definitely people who need to lighten up a bit. Defensive, are we? I thought this book was funny and refreshing. A quick little read, nothing to get all worked up about, anyway — whether you agree with her or not. For example, I love scrapbooking. She makes fun of it. No need for me to whine about that, or fluff up defensively, she was being funny! If you simply don’t think she is funny, I can understand that. We all have different tastes in humor. But I’m referring …more
Editorial Reviews — … Book Description | Parents who are fed up with the pressure to turn their children into star athletes, concert violinists, and merit scholars-all at once!-finally have an alternative: the world of Slacker Moms, where kids learn to do things for themselves and parents can cut themselves some slack; where it’s perfectly all right to do less, have less, and spend less. Slacker moms say “No” to parenting philosophies that undermine parents’-and children’s-ability to think for themselves. They say “Yes” to saving…more

I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood

Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-03-28 Summary: Lovin’ It!!! … I haven’t finished reading the entire book, but I’m almost halfway into it and I love it! It’s funny, and it’s really opening my eyes to some of the reasons I feel frustrated and stressed over my new full-time job as a stay at home mom. I recommend this book to anyone who, like most of us, loves and adores her kids, but feels guilty or worried why parenthood isn’t the constant state of bliss she thought it would be. …more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-03-27 Summary: So I’m not the only one! … This book was a God-send. I thought I was the only one that felt what these women put into words. I’m sharing it with all of my friends. As one other reviewer commented, this is not really a self-help book, does offer suggestions for handling situations, but I found it more of a comfort that I’m not the only one. I laughed out loud A LOT, and got through this book in a weekend (and I’m not a big reader, who has time with small kids?). …more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-03-24 Summary: Life changing! … I bought this book thinking it would be a little laugh on the trials of motherhood…I couldn’t have been more wrong. This book gives ALL moms the validation we so desperately need. I enjoyed every page and loved the fact that it was not negative about husbands, working moms or stay-at-home moms. I have recommended this book to all of my girlfriends both close & casual and have bought copies of the book for my closest friends as well. The only regret I have is that this book didn’t exist 5+ years ago when my girls …more
Editorial Reviews — … Product Description | ”I don’t know how she does it!” is an oft-heard refrain about mothers today. Funnily enough, most moms agree they have no idea how they get it done, or whether they even want the job. Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile spoke to mothers of every stripe working, stay-at-home, part-time and found a surprisingly similar trend in their interviews. After enthusing about her lucky life for twenty minutes, a mother would then break down and admit that her child’s first word was “Shrek.” As one mom…more

You’re a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren’t So Bad Either)

Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-04-03 Summary: Love this book!!!! … What a great book! Jen helps me to laugh. She also helps me to reiterate to my husband that “smackdown” is not an appropriate bonding experience for him and the boys. For me to realize it is okay for my child to have a Birthday party at home with the family is not going to traumatize my child….me maybe but not my child. That hospitals should hand this book out with the hospital discharge goodies. …more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-04-01 Summary: At last, a message for real moms … We all know nobody’s perfect, yet there are a few moms at school who seem to be. They’re always perfectly dressed, perfectly organized and perfectly prepared for every volunteer opportunity. Of course, we all know slacker moms, too. They’re the ones with stuff spewing out of their minivans in the school parking lot while they look for their kids’ school shoes with a minute till the bell rings. But what about the rest of us? Jen Singer’s wonderful, witty and wry new book “Your’e a Good Mom” reassures us that the “mom …more
Editorial Reviews — … Product Description | For 21st century mothers, there seem to be just two choices: be a Super Mom or be a Slacker Mom. One is bad for you; one is bad for your kids. So what’s a momma to do? In You’re a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren’t So Bad Either), the Internet’s favorite momma, Jen Singer, tells all. Turns out you can raise perfectly good kids in that sweet spot between flash cards at breakfast and “donuts for dinner, kids!” It is for every mom who’s pressured to be perfect yet lost under the laundry, wondering…more

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Owlbert

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ps - and speaking about super moms:

Confessions of Super Mom by Melanie Hauser (2005) NEW!

The Super Mom BY Karen Rose Smith

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Vintage GOLD FILLED MOM HEART LOCKET W HEARTS SUPER

Wilton Cake Topper "Super Mom-To-Be" (Baby)

BOYD BEAR & FRIENDS "SUPER MOM" PICTURE FRAME CUTE EUC

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