The stupid, simple-minded moms club!

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<snip Needless to say, Dr. Laura was pretty irate with this person. She said, yes, I suppose it’s possible to have a situation like that, if you marry an idiot! But, I think most women don’t marry idiots! Then she said that she was going to form a "Stupid, simple-minded moms club" and she volunteered to be president. Apparently, she’s had hundreds of faxes since then from moms wanting to know how to join! So how about it, anyone out there interested? Tricia

How do I join?!?! Karen (Mechanical Engineer by Degree, SAH Mommy to Sean, 12/27/97 by Choice)

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<<Do they have a special breastfeeding chapter or something? I’m sitting here sorting socks trying to figure out what this has to do with breastfeeding support. Actually, I do have an idea (off-topic), I’m not sure how one would go about it but why not start an ng for this? I mean, every time I turn around you are quoting this person. Why not start a fan club ng or a discussion ng based on her theories or even just an ng version of her tounge-in-cheek club (which may not stay tounge-in-cheek for long!). I’m not flaming, I’m serious, you obviously feel a great need to talk about her theories. Why not get together with others who would enjoy doing so? RESOUNDING APPLAUSE. Thank you, Kat. Mary Ellen

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Apparently, he also eluded to the fact that most SAH moms were still largely uneducated, and it would be better for them to be in school, rather than "just" at-home all day. Needless to say, Dr. Laura was pretty irate with this person. She said, yes, I suppose it’s possible to have a situation like that, if you marry an idiot! But, I think most women don’t marry idiots! Then she said that she was going to form a "Stupid, simple-minded moms club" and she volunteered to be president. Apparently, she’s had hundreds of faxes since then from moms wanting to know how to join! So how about it, anyone out there interested?

How annoying! I and several SAH mothers I know are studying part- time degrees at home, with the Open University (a British "college" that does degrees by distance-learning). If this guy thinks all SAH mothers are stupid I think I’ll send him my next assignment on indexing algorithms and see how he does on it! Other SAH friends do everything from home educating, to running their own, home-based businesses, to running support groups (LLL leaders, for example), to caring for other people’s kids as well as their own. We are a pretty talented and intelligent bunch. My DH and I are not financially equal – he earns it, I spend it However, I don’t think that makes me inferior. I believe it was calculated that the work of a SAH mother with two children is worth about L150,000 pounds per annum (several times my DHs salary). — Anna (mummy to Emma, born 17th Jan 1995 and Alice, born 11th Sept 1996) You were hungry and I was sorry. You were thirsty, and I blamed the world. You were a stranger, and I pointed you out. You were naked, and I turned you in. You were sick, and I said a prayer. You were in prison, and I wrote a poem. STEVE TURNER Web Page: http://www.ratbag.demon.co.uk/anna

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There is a ng that discusses her show: alt.talk.radio.drlaura. It has as many people posting who can’t stand her (feeling guilty, maybe?) as those who do. –Kate H << Why not start a fan club ng or a discussion ng based on her theories or even just an ng version of her tounge-in-cheek club (which may not stay tounge-in-cheek for long!). I’m not flaming, I’m serious, you obviously feel a great need to talk about her theories. Why not get together with others who would enjoy doing so?

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Dr. Laura <snip said that she was going to form a "Stupid, simple-minded moms club" and she volunteered to be president. Apparently, she’s had hundreds of faxes since then from moms wanting to know how to join! So how about it, anyone out there interested?

I’m a college educated woman with an IQ in the top 2% of the population (mensa material). That’s WHY I’m a SAH . . . I’m smart enough to know what’s best for the little people I helped make! Sign me up for the club!

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(KMVBH) writes: There is a ng that discusses her show: alt.talk.radio.drlaura. It has as many people posting who can’t stand her (feeling guilty, maybe?) as those who do. –Kate H

Kate, Thanks for the tip! I’ll check it out sometime. But, I still think that we definately need a newsgroup for SAH moms, too! Tricia

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Did anyone here see The Today Show this week? Apparently on either Monday or Tuesday, they had an "expert" (and I use the term loosely) on talking about the problems associated with being a SAH mom. I didn’t see the show myself, but Dr. Laura Schlessinger was talking about it on her show. So all I know is what she said about it, and what I could learn from some of the faxes she read. Apparently, this person was saying that it would never be possible for moms who SAH to be financial equals with their partners, and that for the sake of their marriage and their self-esteem, they should try to work. Also, he said that moms who work part-time "have the worst of both world" because they have the stress of leaving their children, and then the financial problems, and inequality in their marriage, so they should make the effort to work full-time instead. Apparently, he also eluded to the fact that most SAH moms were still largely uneducated, and it would be better for them to be in school, rather than "just" at-home all day. Needless to say, Dr. Laura was pretty irate with this person. She said, yes, I suppose it’s possible to have a situation like that, if you marry an idiot! But, I think most women don’t marry idiots! Then she said that she was going to form a "Stupid, simple-minded moms club" and she volunteered to be president. Apparently, she’s had hundreds of faxes since then from moms wanting to know how to join! So how about it, anyone out there interested? Tricia

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Do they have a special breastfeeding chapter or something? I’m sitting here sorting socks trying to figure out what this has to do with breastfeeding support. Actually, I do have an idea (off-topic), I’m not sure how one would go about it but why not start an ng for this? I mean, every time I turn around you are quoting this person. Why not start a fan club ng or a discussion ng based on her theories or even just an ng version of her tounge-in-cheek club (which may not stay tounge-in-cheek for long!). I’m not flaming, I’m serious, you obviously feel a great need to talk about her theories. Why not get together with others who would enjoy doing so? Kat mom to Corwyn (3-24-96) & Jennifer (8-10-93)

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Then she said that she was going to form a "Stupid, simple-minded moms club" and she volunteered to be president. Apparently, she’s had hundreds of faxes since then from moms wanting to know how to join! So how about it, anyone out there interested?

Gee — I’d like to, if you’ll accept a "stupid, simple minded" SAH mom with an IQ of 149 who decided (and considers herself lucky to have the option) to raise her kid full-time. Would someone please tell me why these people consider being a pre-school teacher or daycare worker a perfectly respectable job, but if we do essentially the same job with our OWN kids, we’re idiots? :-/ My husband and I had discussed the option of my returning to work while he was the SAH parent. Would that make him stupid too? If all the parents are working, someone has to take care of the kids! Is there a more important resonsibility than the next generation of human beings? The argument that women have to be working for a paycheck in order to have respect and self-esteem is nonsense. It was obviously made by someone who thinks that feminism means that women have to be exactly like (traditional) men. Hmmmmm…… Do you think that person must be a bit simple minded……? ;-D Diane D

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