The Mommy Mob
Publisher: Barlow Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780991741144; 9780991741137
Subjects: Topic; HUMOR; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Mothers; Popular Culture; Marriage & Family; Anthropology; Cultural; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Humor; Public Policy; Cultural Policy
Description: Rebecca Eckler, famous for her frank and funny books about modern parenting, has joined the burgeoning ranks of mommy bloggers. Her posts go gamely into territory where others fear to tread. Her daughter discovers her vibrator beside the bedside table and uses it as a microphone. She argues that it's fine to take a vacation when the boy is just ten weeks old. She hires a pro to teach her kid to ride a bike. This book is about what happens next. The world of mommy blogging has introduced Eckler to a constituency previously unknown to her: The Mommy Mob. Anytime Eckler reveals a truth too raw for her readers to stomach--which, let's face it, she does constantly--the Mommy Mob bursts out of the nursery and all hell breaks loose. This is the first look at the hidden world of mommy bloggers--4 million self-described mommy bloggers in North America alone.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; How I Got Away Without Changing a Diaper for Two Months; Yes, I Ditched My Newborn for a Vacation; Outsourcing Bike-Riding Lessons: Genius or Missed Milestone?; Don't Hate Me Because I Help My Daughter with Homework; Ditch Days; I Hate Parent-Teacher Interviews; Part One: Real Moms; It's Just a Massage Stick!; Tampon Talk; My Horny-Whale Phase; Vomiting-by-Proximity Disorder; My Son's Inverted Nipple; Part Two: Icky! Too Much Information?; Oh, the Horror of Letting Kids Watch Horror Movies!; The Nine-Year-Old Dropout; Stealing from Piggy Banks; Cranky Little ...; title: Ten Stages of Hangover ParentingDo You Haveto Pay?; Part Three: And the Mother of the Year Award Goes to ... ; My Son's Miniature Junk; Labeling My Food; Hospital-Room Hosting; Mother's Day: The Biggest Letdown of the Year?; Stalk Much?; Part Four: Thanks, But I Already Have a Shrink; Marriage Is So 2006; Engaged to Be ... Nothing?; Slut-Shaming; Unstructured Play; Snip, Snip ... Again!; But She Got One! The Modern Birthday Party; Designer Jeans; Part Five: We're Not Living in the Dark Ages Anymore; School Concerts: A Necessary Evil; Waiting Times. Kill Me Now; I Love KidsWho Swear!; title: Grade Five Math: Suck It!No, I'm Not Pregnant. I Had the Damn Baby; Sharing Your Unborn Baby's Name Is a Really Bad Idea; Overnight Camp; Just Another Day in the Mommy Blogosphere; Part Six: Can We Please Just Admit It?; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; About the Author.