Exploiting My Baby : A Blog by Teresa Strasser

From the Today Show mom blog … thanks for letting me contribute this piece. What does Gordon Gekko’s philosophy have to do with parenting? Just replace the word “greed” with the word “guilt” and let me break it down for you. After months of people telling me not to feel guilty, and my deeply rooted [...]

Guest post by writer & TV personality Teresa Strasser – On BELLYITCH When I use the word “exploitation,” I don’t mean in a white slavery, making Adidas in a Thailand factory kind of way. I mean it with the utmost admiration. As a new mother, I can tell you that my baby certainly exploits me, [...]

When it comes to moms, I don’t really have much to brag about. My stepmother was evil and finally had the good taste to shuffle off her mortal coils, leaving nothing but mounds of debt and a lollipop tin full of ashes. My biological mother’s style was characterized mainly by benign neglect. For that reason, [...]

When it comes to moms, I don’t really have much to brag about. My stepmother was evil and my mother’s style was characterized mainly by benign neglect. For that reason, I fantasize about women I wish were my mommy, and sometimes I get psyched when I realize some crazy bitch wasn’t my mommy. Here is [...]