I introduced us several week's ago to Equally Shared Parenting, a new blog by Marc and Amy Vachon, "a cyber-home for fathers and mothers who have made (or wish to make) a conscious decision to share equally in the raising of their children, household chores, breadwinning, and time for recreation." I like their willingness to talk about the details of their lives, and to remind us of good priorities in their tagline, Half the Work....All the Fun. Yes, it's supposed to be about fun. Fun sounds frivolous, I know, but the demand for political and social change is so we, all of us, in the end, can have better lives and more fun. Call me postmodern, call me thirdwave, but fun is not frivolous.
Yesterday, Amy and Marc were guest bloggers at the Washington Post's On Balance blog. Great entry, and the responses were great; the usual On Balance reader vitriol was spewn at other readers, not at the guest bloggers. One reader even called for the Post to give them their own blog, called "On Equality."
Wouldn't that be nice.
Yesterday, Amy and Marc were guest bloggers at the Washington Post's On Balance blog. Great entry, and the responses were great; the usual On Balance reader vitriol was spewn at other readers, not at the guest bloggers. One reader even called for the Post to give them their own blog, called "On Equality."
Wouldn't that be nice.