When Hala Gorani, CNN anchor during my Mother’s Day interview, implied that our brave new maternal world—now teeming with first time mothers over 40—had outgrown ageism, I was taken aback. Not that I criticize her for it, but she was seeing the issue from her own perspective—that she had many mature mom friends. Surely, the [...]
It’s a Mother of an evolution! Join us as we launch the first online community dedicated to women having children after 40—A CHILD AFTER 40. When you find yourself surrounded by young “yummy mummies” or Stepford moms under 35—in the prenatal clinic or on the playground—you’ve now got a place to hang your bell bottoms [...]
If you think “procreational ageism”—social prejudice against women becoming mothers due to their age—existed only for those over 40 seeking ART, think again. According to Christina Haltom-Farrar, who became an adoptive mother at 48, criticism of older mothers within the adoption industry is alive and kicking. “On adoption message boards, the subject of ‘how old [...]
I first posted this blog in December last year to public damnation. It was the insult to injury of waking up after 40 years of adulthood to learn that Christianity was no longer tolerated in the American school system responsible for educating my young children. While we were strong-armed into supporting all other forms of [...]
Since posting Don’t Call Me Grandma! last month, I’ve learned that being mistaken for “the grandmother” can be a red-hot button for older mothers. Now, more readers and experts are weighing in on this emotional issue. Don’t Call Me Grandma! drew more frustrated, hurt—and often angry—comments at the end of the article, and in all [...]
Constant speculation about the role egg donation might have played in Kelly Preston’s pregnancy gives new life to the old chestnut: Do real moms use donor eggs? It’s also given birth to an idea. I’ll be re-launching a special selection of Flower Power Mom’s blog article playlist from earlier this year, dealing with some of [...]
There are few situations where I am more aware of my age and experience as an over-40 mother than the beginning of the school year. Being older and starting your child in kindergarten is always special. It’s where—for the first time—you meet the moms of the other kids your child might be spending the next [...]
Every morning—now that I’m pushing past the threshold of midlife, as my 50th birthday looms—I carefully check for pernicious grey roots in the mirror, lest I get caught out by the swarming “yummy mummies” when I drop my 4-year-old off at preschool. I live a double life: in the privacy of my home office, the [...]
Six weeks ago, we made a drastic decision to pull Alex from 2nd grade (see link below), and his school, half way through the school year. He came home for Christmas holidays and never returned. The journey we’ve been on since then has been akin to a ride at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk—intermittently hair-raising, frequently [...]
Four months ago, when I virtually knocked on the door of the “mommy blogosphere”, I did so with the blind ignorance of a new neighbor introducing herself with a plate of daintily presented bonbons. I was quick to learn that what lay behind it was more like a stadium full of adrenaline-pumped hockey moms in [...]
Angel on CNN
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Angel on CNN, Mother's Day story, May 8th 2011. (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=WySnP2nnwXU)
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Read about Angel's CNN debate on Kelly Preston's pregancy.
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