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Right, But How Do We KNOW Someone Is A “Good Mom?”

An interesting little question.

Ted Bauer
5 min readSep 1, 2023

For a dude that hath never and probably will never make someone a biological mom, I think about motherhood a lot, and potentially even too much. Here’s (humble brag) one of my better ones:

As such, I come across stuff like this and find it interesting:

If you get into that post, which is about the culture of “Mom-Fluencers” — loosely defined, that’s people who monetize their children and motherhood — you come to some interesting sections.

Here’s one:

Perhaps the most interesting aspect about Ballerina Farm (and her immense popularity) to me is the unquestioned assumption that she’s a “good mom.”…

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Ted Bauer
Ted Bauer

Written by Ted Bauer

I write about a lot of different topics, from work to masculinity to relationships and social dynamics, I.e. modern friendship. Pleasure to be here.

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