http://www.weparent.com/2009/02/does-what-we-call-ourselves-really-matter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-what-we-call-ourselves-really-matter Living apart. Parenting together. Wed, 11 May 2011 01:26:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.weparent.com/2009/02/does-what-we-call-ourselves-really-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-55 karin Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:45:47 +0000 http://www.weparent.com/temp/?p=445#comment-55 Calling ourselves and parent's of our children names like "baby daddy" and "baby momma" suggest that there is a lack of respect and relationship between parents. Certainly, couples end their relationships for various reasons, but a break-up does not have to mean that parents do not love or care for one another. Terms like those cheapen the relationship that resulted in the child. I also believe that issues of race and prejudice are embedded in terms like "baby momma and daddy." "Baby momma" conjures up images of "welfare queens," a term that has been used by conservatives to suggest that black women have children in order to receive more welfare. So, I guess what I am saying is that I do not use those terms, nor do I allow anyway to use such terms around my child. Calling ourselves and parent’s of our children names like “baby daddy” and “baby momma” suggest that there is a lack of respect and relationship between parents. Certainly, couples end their relationships for various reasons, but a break-up does not have to mean that parents do not love or care for one another. Terms like those cheapen the relationship that resulted in the child. I also believe that issues of race and prejudice are embedded in terms like “baby momma and daddy.” “Baby momma” conjures up images of “welfare queens,” a term that has been used by conservatives to suggest that black women have children in order to receive more welfare. So, I guess what I am saying is that I do not use those terms, nor do I allow anyway to use such terms around my child.

]]> http://www.weparent.com/2009/02/does-what-we-call-ourselves-really-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Just My Baby Daddy: Who Cares What We Call Ourselves? : WeParent Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:49:18 +0000 http://www.weparent.com/temp/?p=445#comment-5 [...] your voice to the Co-spectives discussion about whether the labels we use to describe our parenting relationships really matter. [...] [...] your voice to the Co-spectives discussion about whether the labels we use to describe our parenting relationships really matter. [...]

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