One of my friends recently was criticized because she mentioned on her blog that she was a stay-at-home mom rather than stay-at-home parent. Can’t she be a mom as well as a parent? It seems this is taking “political correctness” to the extreme.
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Apparently the blog reader felt stay-at-home dads were being neglected.
However, since the blogger was writing about herself, a mom, and not dads, on this occasion, she certainly wasn’t neglecting dads. Does this mean people feel slighted if we are gender specific?
Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying, “All that I am, all that I hope to be, I owe my angel mother.” He didn’t say father or parent; he specifically mentioned his mother and went on to list her qualities. He probably learned from his father, too. But not the same as from his mother, who actually was his step-mother, as I recall.
We learn from many people in our lives, but do we have to lump them together? Can’t we praise each for their own qualities? Can’t we be a specific person for our children instead of being lumped into a general category?
Our lives have become too concerned about not categorizing people and not pointing out their qualities and talents and contributions.
Let’s be a Mom, a Dad, a Grandma, a Grandpa, an Aunt, an Uncle….not just a person, any person!
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