I'm not one to get involved in internet drama. For the most part, I like to stay away from controversy, especially at Canada Moms Blog -- ahem. But the current debate swirling around the momosphere has me ready to pop with so much to say.
The most recent debate, it seems, all started with the Momversation video, "Are You a Stressed Working Mom?" As various well-respected Work-At-Office Mom (WOHM) bloggers -- such as Kim (MissZoot) and Canada Moms Blog's very own Samantha -- argued in their blogs, this video hurtfully missed the mark by focusing on freelance-writing Work-At-Home Moms (WAHMs) and neglecting to represent the WOHMs and all their unique challenges and sacrifices. In their blog posts and readers' comments, a Who-Has-It-Harder debate ensued, which involved a lot of angry words directed at the video, the bloggers themselves, their commenters, and at WAHMs, WOHMs, and Stay-At-Home Moms (SAHMs), in general. Pro-WAHM posts began to spring up in retort, as well -- most notably, Lindsay Ferrier's, as well as Canada Moms blogger Sherry Osborne's.
Now that we're all caught up, I'll tell you where I stand on the subject. As far as I'm concerned (and, really this is not an original opinion, as much as I'm building it up to be) these WAHM, WOHM, SAHM categories themselves are the problem. These mom-made categories, as valid as they are in the sense that they do represent real feelings and challenges, aren't doing us any favours. Indeed, as this blog debate has demonstrated, they are seriously damaging to the mom community.
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