Comments on: Confessions of a Former Warrior Mom

By: Three Kindnesses

Three Kindnesses — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:12:57 +0000

[...] to what I used to think when I was in warrior mother mode, people aren’t your automatic enemies when you’re out in public with your child. [...]

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:46:09 +0000

Yup, my Mom was kind of like that, but then I think of Robert Graves’ Mom. She went to Harrod’s and bought him an expensive little trench periscope. When a German sniper drilled it right through the objective lens, he sent it back to her as an interesting souvenir. She took it back to the store and somehow talked them into giving her a new one.

She also carefully patched the holes on both the front and back of his uniform tunic where the piece of shell went into, and out of him, after carefully soaking out the blood with cold water.

It is expected that, when a guy grows up, he might have to get crossways with his Dad.

Only a lunatic would try to get crossways with his Mom

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:27:54 +0000

@Phil Schwarz,

The psychotherapists will find themselves faced with children enduring post-warrior-mom-cure-or-bust syndrome.

By: Not Vaccines and a Note about Neurons

Not Vaccines and a Note about Neurons — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:01:18 +0000

[...] one supposes that, with all this talk of Mother Warriors by Jenny “Green Our Vaccines” McCarthy, unfounded worries and fears about vaccines [...]

By: sharon

sharon — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:21:06 +0000

I am not a warrior mom. I am not good with confrontation. But I hope I am doing what is best for my kids.

By: My Autism Insights

My Autism Insights — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:55:11 +0000

I’ve had those moments that you describe, and still do, but to a lesser degree. They usually come up around the time of IEP meetings or when ever someone even hints at the possibility of medicating my son. But I do tend to believe that calmness is much more effective.

By: Phil Schwarz

Phil Schwarz — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:25:23 +0000

What do you think the psychotherapeutic fallout will be, ten, fifteen, twenty years hence, when these kids enduring years of pointless medical invasiveness start to hit psychiatrists’ couches?

By: Marla

Marla — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:23:28 +0000

Great post. I too had some behaviors of a Warrior mom early on. I do think every mom reverts back to those ways sometimes. It happens.

By: Betty and Boo's Mommy

Betty and Boo's Mommy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:30:54 +0000

Kristina, thanks so much for this wonderful post. You’ve put into words a lot of what I’ve been feeling, for a lot of different reasons.

By: Acceptance and Surrender, says Jenny

Acceptance and Surrender, says Jenny — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:38:52 +0000

[...] these words were said by Mother Warrior Jenny McCarthy on Oprah. McCarthy appeared today with a mother named Monica, who after delivering a [...]