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I really like this criticism of the piece and other recent articles about women and parenting:
None of them have been powerful or engaging, just a bunch of narrissistic and very spoiled suburban women feeling the need to lament the sudden changes they have to make after childbirth.
First, I'll admit, I live in the suburbs. But what the hell makes you think that is true of Ms. Williams? And what is "spoiled" about life in the 'burbs -- except that we can't get decent takeout. Most of us live here because the cost of living is too high for a family in the cities we live near. That doesn't make us brain dead or spoiled or self-absorbed. I could make the same claims about immature 23 year olds, by the way.
I thought the piece was amusing -- not laugh-out-loud funny, but amusing -- and entertaining. I knew what it would be about from the headline. If I didn't want to read it,I would have passed it right by. What's the problem??
