Motherhood's trials blown out of proportion (Naomi Wolf whines about the horrors of motherhood)

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | May 1 2003 | Miranda Devine

[sticker]

Do you take teenagers?

[nina0113]

Not for free.

[Billy_bob_bob]

This woman is going to be real surprised when her kids grow up one day and decide that they don't want to have kids. I was raised by a single mother who bitched and bitched and bitched and bitched and bitched about how hard it was to raise kids, and what a horrible burden kids were, on and on and on and on. I was an only child! Imagine if there were two kids to take care of!

I'm 41 now, have no kids, ain't gonna have kids. For some reason I just don't have any desire to. Funny how that works.

[Alouette]

Naomi Wolf can kiss my royal maternal bum. I have 9 children, and while it was far from a cakewalk raising such a large family, it was far from being the horror that spoiled, pampered Naomi whines about. And I don't have the mountains of money that she has!

I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. Especially now, when they are grown up and becoming parents themselves, I thank G-D every day for my wonderful family.

[Utah Girl]

I perused Wolf's book when it first came out a couple of years ago. She's a self-centered whiny person. And I think this article nails it, the things that have most worth in our lives require the most sacrifice. I hope Wolf's children never read her book.