The Rotten Roots of Modern Parenting Advice with Nancy Reddy

The Mother of it All

Poet and author Nancy Reddy joins us to discuss her forthcoming book, The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom (pre-order it now!). In it, Nancy explores the historical, cultural, and scientific roots of many of our modern ideas about ‘goodness’ + motherhood, like attachment parenting. Spoiler alert: they’re pretty sketchy.

Links:

* Take our survey about parents and the pandemic (thank you!)

* The Good Mother Myth by Nancy Reddy

* Nancy’s piece in Slate on the Golden Hour

* The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood

* Jessica Valenti on Mother Tongue

* The Texas OB-GYN Exodus (The New Yorker)

* Marielle Heller Profile (The New Yorker)

* Women Who Run With Wolves: Myths & Stories Of The Wild Woman Archetype by

* 1996: The Year That Shook Hip-Hop

* Pre-order The Good Mother Myth and join Nancy and Maggie Smith in February for a live conversation!

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