"it is just as much a feminist choice to be a parent as it is to not be one."-- YES.
I can't say that we fully practice Attachment Parenting, or that I define myself as a feminist, per se, but I do like the overall message of this article.
Deciding what's best for your own family and doing it, despite others' criticism, is empowering. If you choose to be barefoot, pregnant, and nursing while making dinner, that does not make you any less powerful.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/04/30/motherhood-vs-feminism/attachment-parenting-is-feminism
I can't say that we fully practice Attachment Parenting, or that I define myself as a feminist, per se, but I do like the overall message of this article.
Deciding what's best for your own family and doing it, despite others' criticism, is empowering. If you choose to be barefoot, pregnant, and nursing while making dinner, that does not make you any less powerful.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/04/30/motherhood-vs-feminism/attachment-parenting-is-feminism
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