Letters to the Editor
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Hubby doing it wrong?
I think the issue of women criticizing their husbands for "doing it wrong", as well as the current phenomenon of hyper-parenting, go back to the central idea of women having higher career standards for themselves than they did say 40 or 50 years ago. Women are told they can be/do anything they want. If they opt for mothering as a full-time career, they feel they better do it damn well, since they quit their job and paycheck for this. Hence, strong opinions on doing every little thing "the right way" and being the best damn mother on the playground. What else can you do with your ambition? If you decide to stay home with your kids and then you don't do a very good job of it, how does that define you? Women in previous generations did need that definition as much because they weren't expected to have careers. We are.