mommy_dearest
mommy_dearest
mommy_dearest

I saw a book review on the Today Show a few years back for a book about the mother-adult daughter relationship. It categorized mothers into things like "stage mom", "immature", "narcisstic", "absent". There were no positive categories (both my parents were great). There was no category for "well-meaning, but being a

I must say, whether my child is in daycare or in the care of a nanny or in the care of a family member, I would want to know about someone not taking it seriously. Obviously, that does not include having an accent, or any of the other stupid things people seem to have reported. But at no point do I just give up the

Has anyone seen the column in Newsweek this week, Confessions of a Secret Sarah Lover? [www.newsweek.com]

@LindsayC: Have you seen my new line of "promiscuity rings"? You wear them on your middle finger. It makes them easier to show off that way.

Oh, and any truth to the rumor that the McCain campaign is paying people to comment pro-Palin on blogs like this?

Here is what I hate the most.

To me, the results of the research is not really that relevant, since after a short period, most moms bond with their babies.

By the way, Jessica, thank you for doing another post after hearing us ask for more on the "effortless perfection". It's nice to be heard. It would also be cool to do one on the more generic "effortless perfection" as well, since I obviously, this should turn into jezebel-effortless-perfection.com . But whatever

@permanentbitchface: In the movie version of Guyville, this girl will be played by Cameron Diaz, who has "effortless perfection" down to an art.