Mother’s Day

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May 09, 2004

May 9th is Mother’s Day and this year we asked a few moms to share the plain unvarnished truth about life with kids.  Motherhood isn’t all sexy stars on the covers of magazines.  It’s also baby throw-up, poopy diapers and sulky teenagers.  In this hour, the joys of motherhood - for real.

Susan Douglas on "The Mommy Myth"

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Susan Douglas tells Steve Paulson about “the new momism” that tells women that not only can they have it all, they can be sexy while they do it!

Ayun Halliday on Hip Motherhood

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Ayun Halliday tells Anne Strainchamps about being a young, hip Mom, and how motherhood is different from her expectations.

Jonathan Karsh on "My Flesh and Blood"

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Susan Tom has adopted a dozen or so special needs children, plus has two of her own.  Jonathan Karsh has made a film about her family called “My Flesh and Blood.”

Leonard Shlain on the Role of Women in Evolution

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California surgeon Leonard Schlain tells Steve Paulson that ancestral women made the connection between sex and birth and the moon and discovered time.

Muffy Mead-Ferro on Motherhood Mementos

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Muffy Mead-Ferro recalls her one and only experience of scrap-booking. She is the author of “Confessions of a Slacker Mom.”

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Susan Douglas

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Ayun Halliday

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Jonathan Karsh

Leonard Shlain

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Muffy Mead-Ferro

slackerbooks.com
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