Poet and author Nancy Reddy joins us to discuss her forthcoming book, The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom (pre-order it now!). In it, Nancy explores the historical, cultural, and scientific roots of many of our modern ideas about ‘goodness’ + motherhood, like attachment parenting. Spoiler alert: they’re pretty sketchy.

Links:

* Take our survey about parents and the pandemic (thank you!)

* The Good Mother Myth by Nancy Reddy

* Nancy’s piece in Slate on the Golden Hour

* The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood

* Jessica Valenti on Mother Tongue

* The Texas OB-GYN Exodus (The New Yorker)

* Marielle Heller Profile (The New Yorker)

* Women Who Run With Wolves: Myths & Stories Of The Wild Woman Archetype by

* 1996: The Year That Shook Hip-Hop

* Pre-order The Good Mother Myth and join Nancy and Maggie Smith in February for a live conversation!

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