Leaning Into Motherhood
The Retro Wife: Feminists who say they’re having it all—by choosing to stay home. By Lisa Miller
“You have to live in the now. I will deal with later when later comes. I’ll find a way [in terms of reentering professional life],” she says. “Who knows? Maybe I will be home for ever and ever. Maybe I will have the best-kept lawn on the block for the rest of my life.”
Why Do We Call Them “Stay-at-Home Moms?” There Must Be A Better Term. By Jessica Grose
Though it’s impossible to say if “stay-at-home mom” (and let’s not forget “stay-at-home dad,” equally lame) beat out other aspirants for referring to parents who don’t do paid work, Plant’s research shows that this kind of terminology is ever-changing. Which means we, as a culture, are free to come up with a new word to refer to stay-at-home parents. Primary caretakers is the only thing I could come up with, but it sounds a little stiff and census-y. Any other suggestions?
