The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas about How to Be a Good Mom

by Nancy Reddy

Timely and thought-provoking, Nancy Reddy unpacks and debunks the bad ideas that have for too long defined what it means to be a "good" mom.

When Nancy Reddy had her first child, she found herself suddenly confronted with the ideal of a perfect mother--a woman who was constantly available, endlessly patient, and immediately invested in her child to the exclusion of all else. Reddy had been raised by a single working mother, considered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250336643
• ISBN13: 9781250336644
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.3"