Jane Roper's Blog, page 26
May 30, 2012
That ever-elusive one-on-one time
It seriously is one of the biggest “I wish we could do more of it but how?”s of parenting, whether you’ve got twins or kids of different ages: How do you carve out time to spend with each kid separately, so you can focus fully on them, instead of dividing your attention between them and... Read the Rest »
May 23, 2012
When is it OK to abandon your kids?
OK, OK, not abandon them per se. (Jeez, Jane, way to write a provocative and misleading headline just to get people to read the post.) But at what age is it appropriate for them to leave the confines of your house or backyard unsupervised? Seven? Nine? Fourteen? As the fabulous Madeline Holler wrote about on... Read the Rest »
May 15, 2012
I am the world’s awesomest mom.
Yeah that’s right. You heard me. As of last night, I am such an awesome mom that Michelle Obama is going to start calling herself “Second Mom” instead of “First Mom.” So awesome that “Parenting” Magazine is going to change its name to “Jane Roper Magazine.” So amazingly incredibly awesome that the editors of TIME... Read the Rest »
May 12, 2012
Every Mother Counts
Back in December, I was saddened to read the story of Michal Lura Friedman, who died just hours after giving birth to healthy boy-girl twins, as a result of complications following her C-section. As a mom of twins myself, I couldn’t help identifying with her, and as someone who knows what an immense challenge it... Read the Rest »
May 9, 2012
My Life as a Blog: Why I chose to write openly about my depression
“…shortly after I weaned my daughters, when they were 14 months old, I was hit with an episode of major depression worse than any I’d experienced before. And I was faced with a dilemma. Should I write about it on my blog—where I’d been sharing my life so openly over the previous nine months—or keep... Read the Rest »
May 5, 2012
The Missing Voices in the Mommy Wars
I’ve just about had it with the “Mommy Wars,” pitting working moms against stay at home moms. I’ve had it with the high-profile, un-nuanced discussions being had on the airwaves and even the more thoughtful discussions being had on other major media — including The New York Times discussion on attachment parenting vs. feminism and... Read the Rest »
April 19, 2012
A Mother’s Prayer for Privacy
Dear Lord, Thank you for my beautiful, healthy, creative and otherwise spectacular children. I am grateful for the many blessings and profound love that they have brought to my life. I just have a few teeny little requests: I pray that I might be able to take a shower without one of my children coming... Read the Rest »
April 10, 2012
Can I keep my daughters from becoming “Thinspired”?
For a couple of years when I was in high school, I got high on being hungry. High on the sight of my own bones. High on my own, amazing willpower. (Which was a far more exciting accomplishment to me than the straight-A’s I was scoring, and the awards I was racking up for leadership... Read the Rest »
Can I keep my daughters from becoming "Thinspired"?
For a couple of years when I was in high school, I got high on being hungry. High on the sight of my own bones. High on my own, amazing willpower. (Which was a far more exciting accomplishment to me than the straight-A's I was scoring, and the awards I was racking up for leadership... Read the Rest »
April 8, 2012
The Official Book Trailer for ‘DOUBLE TIME’ by Jane Roper
With many thanks to my husband, Alastair (cameraman) and my daughters, Elsa and Clio, whose entirely unprompted performance was absolutely brilliant.
