According to NBC, I'm a "non-mom." In case you missed it, NBC is running a contest to pick "America's Favorite Mom." The contestants were nominated in one of the following categories:
Military Mom
Working Mom
Single Mom
Stay at Home Mom
Non-Mom (huh?)
Non-Mom was supposed to refer to anyone who didn't give birth. Didn't the brilliant researchers at NBC ever stop to think that non-mom actually means "not a mother"? So does that mean Zoe is a "non-daughter"? Is Mark a "non-father"? I fear for the life of the individual who tells my mom that she is a "non-grandmother."
The ability to love, nurture and mother is not some mystical power granted only to those who have a biological connection to a child.
I am so thoroughly offended. Shame on you NBC.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
3 Words: Non-Mom's Day
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Happy Mother's Day!!!!
Those people are full of crap
Happy Mother's Day from one Mommy to another...PLAIN and simple.
"Ain't" nobody gonna tell me I'm not a mother!! Jerks.
Dont't think I will be watching too much NBC.
They changed the category on Friday according to a response to an e-mail I sent them regarding the issue, but it definately shouldn't have happened at all!
Happy Mothers Day!
Happy Mother's Day....MOM!!
Jen
Yes, they changed the categories from Non-Moms to "Adoptive Moms" and another category that includes grandmothers, foster mothers, and other women who didn't give birth to the children they're raising. Tell me: why do they need a separate category for any of us? Ain't it all motherhood? And what of the message it sends to the children? Their families don't "count" because there's no biological connection? Nice.
This falls under the category of "Don't Get Me Started." Also, I love the cringe-worthy phraseology used to describe one of the "Adoptive" Moms (the one who adopted several of the children in the orphanage in Haiti where she works): "she loves them as if they were her own." Huh? Whose are they, if not hers?
I was never a huge fan of commercial television in the first place, but this pretty much seals the deal. Don't watch them. Don't buy anything from their advertisers. See how fast they get the message.
BTW, anybody who's in a letter-writing mood should share the joy with the advertisers who sponsored the show.
Holy insensitivity, Batman!
Whoever came up with that category is an idiot.
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