Word: mothered
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...love my husband more than I love my children," wrote Ayelet Waldman in the New York Times in 2005. The response was immediate and not kind. It didn't help that her husband was novelist Michael Chabon - beloved, actually, by many. She was branded a Bad Mother. Four years later, Waldman has written a book with that title. And no, she's not apologizing. (See Seven iPhone Apps for New Moms...
...response to your column? At first I was crushed. I couldn't believe how many people hated me. I couldn't believe Star Jones was criticizing my marriage on national television. But I'm such an obstinate person that part of me said "You thought I was a bad mother then? Well wait for the book, baby...
...other reasons you say you're a bad mother is that you aborted a son who may or may not have had serious health issues. Are you nervous about how that's going to be received? He had a genetic abnormality, and that abnormality could have resulted in mental retardation and it also - the chances were more likely that you wouldn't have necessarily known anything was wrong. I expect that people who are pro-life will respond negatively, and, in fact, I'd sort of be disappointed if they didn't. But when I went through this experience...
...Another reason you're a bad mother... So many...
...Then there's the bipolar thing. How does that affect the way you mother? That is my biggest challenge. Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I can be terribly irritable. I go to cognitive behavioral therapy in order not to yell at my children...