The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas about How to Be a Good Mom by Reddy, Nancy
The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas about How to Be a Good Mom by Reddy, Nancy

The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas about How to Be a Good Mom

Timely and thought-provoking, Nancy Reddy unpacks and debunks the bad ideas that have for too long defined...
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The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas about How to Be a Good Mom by Reddy, Nancy

The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas about How to Be a Good Mom

BD$41.94
The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas about How to Be a Good Mom by Reddy, Nancy

The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas about How to Be a Good Mom

BD$41.94
Author: Nancy Reddy
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Timely and thought-provoking, Nancy Reddy unpacks and debunks the bad ideas that have for too long defined what it means to be a "good" mom.

When Nancy Reddy had her first child, she found herself suddenly confronted with the ideal of a perfect mother--a woman who was constantly available, endlessly patient, and immediately invested in her child to the exclusion of all else. Reddy had been raised by a single working mother, considered herself a feminist, and was well on her way to a PhD. Why did doing motherhood "right" feel so wrong?

For answers, Reddy turned to the mid-20th century social scientists and psychologists whose work still forms the basis of so much of what we believe about parenting. It seems ludicrous to imagine modern moms taking advice from midcentury researchers. Yet, their bad ideas about so-called "good" motherhood have seeped so pervasively into our cultural norms. In The Good Mother Myth, Reddy debunks the flawed lab studies, sloppy research, and straightforward misogyny of researchers from Harry Harlow, who claimed to have discovered love by observing monkeys in his lab, to the famous Dr. Spock, whose bestselling parenting guide included just one (1!) illustration of a father interacting with his child.

This timely and thought-provoking book will make you laugh, cry, and want to scream (sometimes all at once). Blending history of science, cultural criticism, and memoir, The Good Mother Myth pulls back the curtain on the flawed social science behind our contemporary understanding of what makes a good mom.

Author: Nancy Reddy
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 01/21/2025
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250336644

About the Author
NANCY REDDY's previous books include the poetry collections Pocket Universe and Double Jinx, a winner of the National Poetry Series. With Emily Pérez, she's co-editor of The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood. Her essays have appeared in Slate, Poets & Writers, Romper, The Millions, and elsewhere. The recipient of grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Sustainable Arts Foundation and a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers' Conference, she teaches writing at Stockton University and writes the newsletter Write More, Be Less Careful.
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