tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post8524213550041602380..comments2023-08-29T11:48:24.933-04:00Comments on Cara Mama™: Question of the Week - New Passionscaramamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02327695885346537321noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-76819526516519543212011-08-30T19:29:24.153-04:002011-08-30T19:29:24.153-04:00Anti-bullying and personal dignity issues seem to ...Anti-bullying and personal dignity issues seem to be of more importance to me since becoming a parent. Maybe because I see the childlike vulnerability in all of us so much more acutely since becoming a mother?hushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532820460835325762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-74150048715421840612011-08-30T13:16:56.199-04:002011-08-30T13:16:56.199-04:00Food has also become pretty important to me. To t...Food has also become pretty important to me. To the point that I put in an organic garden, make my own bread, and became a rabid label checker.<br />I've also become way more health-aware in general and am always sure to question a doctor's decision of treatment or medication for myself before okaying it. It's turned out to be a good idea because double checking has been necessary in a few cases.<br />School and education is more my husband's passion, while I'm more concerned with my kids "happiness quotient" with the school and those untested qualities like how much do they developo the kids in non-academic ways.Becoming Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196365719272632077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-28212402965004211742011-08-30T11:59:57.759-04:002011-08-30T11:59:57.759-04:00Hmmm. All I'm coming up with are the obvious m...Hmmm. All I'm coming up with are the obvious mom-related things: breastfeeding support (so that all women who WANT to breastfeed can) and issues related to being a two-working parent family (as evidenced by my recent string of posts).<br /><br />Also, I'm fairly passionate about the way our society is so judgmental about parenting, and mothering in particular. <br /><br />And I feel the income inequalities in our society more. I'm on the side that has enough money, and I see how much I can use that to make my life easier and make my kids' lives better, and I get so sad/angry that so many things that seem essential to me (access to high quality day care, for instance) are so dependent on having money.Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-51248994095263415782011-08-29T20:15:08.582-04:002011-08-29T20:15:08.582-04:00Not sure if I can alter this on my computer alone ...Not sure if I can alter this on my computer alone but the brown with white font is pretty difficult on my eyes. (Could only be speaking for myself). <br /><br />Voting for previous layout. clt xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-83974410650557552282011-08-29T16:41:25.684-04:002011-08-29T16:41:25.684-04:00Great question! I feel like my whole life has tur...Great question! I feel like my whole life has turned upside down since I became a mama almost 2 years ago (!). The thing that surprises me the most is how passionate I am about parenting in a way that allows my daughter to be herself and respecting that, rather than expecting/demanding "obedience and respect". Having grown up with Asian parents, this is a huge difference. <br /><br />It comes through in everything from breastfeeding on demand when she was tiny to explaining to her *why* she has to hold my hand in the parking lot when she doesn't want to. It also irks me when adults talk about the kids in the room in a patronizing way, esp when it's older kids. Seems to happen a lot in my parents' culture.<br /><br />I've also become ridiculously domestic - ie, I *want* to organize our house, and cook nice meals, and be the happy homemaker. So now my outside of the home job is cutting into my housewife time ;) Never thought I'd feel that way...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212690454989568626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-2504931846019559392011-08-29T16:02:19.083-04:002011-08-29T16:02:19.083-04:00Breastfeeding. Never knew how hard it was prior t...Breastfeeding. Never knew how hard it was prior to having Child. Am now passionately in favor of making it easier for moms to pump, NIP, etc.songbirdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-66690296763304766582011-08-29T14:52:52.072-04:002011-08-29T14:52:52.072-04:00I always had an interest in education, but now it&...I always had an interest in education, but now it's personal. <br /><br />I have a son and I never realized how school isn't so great for boys (and that's probably true for physically active and wiggly girls and also kids with different abilities and needs outside the mainstream). I mean, I'm female and school was pretty awesome for me (grade school, at least). Now I'm constantly on the look out for bias and sexism against boys in school (and the whole redshirting thing has me so angered up I just don't know what to think since my kid is now 18 months younger than many of his classmates...and I really liked what someone wrote at AskMoxie that if the cut-off age for kindergarten is truly X in your district, then the school should be willing to meet the needs of kids who are X and if they're not, push them to change their age cut-off to one they can meet).<br /><br />I've always been into more healthful eating (no HFCS, no dyes, limited preservatives, limited-to-no caffeine). Our chicken nuggets are white meat with whole grain breading (Costco), but my kids eat bologna sometimes which is not even food as far as I'm concerned. So, I try to balance my ideals with the realities of life (plus my husband like bologna...ick). Our hot dogs are nitrite-free though.SarcastiCarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16256830838017211858noreply@blogger.com