When Mom Bloggers Fight Back

It's Mom Jackie against an anonymous mom with a bone to pick over at Taiwan-On.com.

There's some controversy brewing at mom blog Taiwan-On. When mom Jackie wrote a post about letting her newly adopted daughter Lucy watch Teletubbies, another mom attacked.
And, no, this wasn't controversy over Tinky Winky.
"Anonymous" wrote: "I decided to post for several reasons but mostly for Lucy. She is a beautiful little girl who is attempting to do what ever it takes to get her mommy's attention -- positive or negative. I am hoping that as a stranger I can get you to take off your rose colored glasses and get down to your baby girl's level and spend mommy and daughter time with her. Wasn't your dream not too long ago to have a baby girl, to shower her with all the love and devotion that you might not have been given as a child? Maybe it's not too late to make that a reality...but sacrifices will have be made. Will it be the daughter you wanted and who you tucked into bed this evening or a career? You are an funny, beautiful, and talented writer...would it be so bad to put the DREAM JOB on hold ... only for now ... to be able to spend the rest of your adult life knowing you did what was the best thing for both of you? Jackie, believe or not, I think you need Lucy maybe more than she needs you...go to her. This will be my last post and the last visit to your blog ... Best wishes to both of you!"
Well, that pissed plenty of Taiwan-On readers off ... as well as its creator Jackie.
In a blog post called "Don't Pretend to Know Me," she wrote: "If you really have been following my blog, you'd know that you are full of crap, anonymous. I do not pretend anything. Everything you see here is me. I use humor in my everyday life ... sometimes at the end of the day, it's all I have left. Rose colored glasses? It's called seeing the beauty, even when things get ugly. It's believing that I am the most blessed girl in the world. 'Cause guess what ... I am. But it doesn't mean that I don't struggle. And, you think you're so smart reading between the lines, I wasn't hiding the struggle. It's in there, clear for everyone to see. It's reality. It's life. It's my life."
She goes on to outline the many sacrifices (financial and otherwise) she's made for her family.
"Let me tell you about my DREAM JOB, oh wise anonymous one. Almost five years ago I walked away from a boatload of money two weeks before giving birth to my first child. I could've supported my family (living in Los Angeles) with one salary, giving my husband the option to stay home, if he chose. But my job required everything I had and I just wasn't able to give that, for that was reserved for my husband and son. I don't expect a pat on the back for that ... it's just what was right for our family. For two and a half years, I worked from home -- mostly part time -- seeing every milestone my son hit. I stopped for months at a time to give birth a second time."
She also tells Anonymous that she recently turned down a full-time position at her company ... and is currently out of work.
"I made a decision that was best for my family. But also because of that, I have no job. No extra income. My husband is picking up as much work as he can and I am scrambling to make enough to pay this month's health insurance. Because no matter how much you bubble wrap them, those darn kids get sick."
Her final words are biting and to-the-point: "So please do me a favor and make good on your threat (or was it promise) to never visit my blog again. Because if you're looking for flowers and rainbows, you ain't gonna find it here."
You go, Jackie! It baffles us how so many moms judge other moms when we're all just trying to do the best we can. Can't we all just get along?
WOW…SLOANE….now why would that blogger deserve to be ridiculed…because she has more balls than most of the world to admit when she needs a break? The fact that she just puts herself out there and says what the rest of us wouldn’t admit…that we make mistakes as parents and act so high and mighty.
We’ll I say…YOU GO JACKIE!!!! I will now and always will be a faithful follower after reading her post today. I love the fact that there is someone in this world that speaks the truth and in no means tries to hide it!
I also find it amazing that Jackie would be ridiculed because she has to work. The fact that she has to work has been completely over looked by ANONYMOUS and just sees that a child was adopted and that her children should suck up all the life that Jackie has in her. Has is also been completely overlooked that maybe a happy mother makes a happier home…?!?!?! It seems that Jackie loves to work, especially in a job that she loves. Women are not just bred to pop babies out or take children in as their own. Just because Jackie chooses to work doesn’t mean that she is putting work before her children, regardless if they are adopted or not! She shouldn’t have to lose herself because she is a mother. We only live one life and it should be lived to the fullest! I commend Jackie!!!
So to SLOANE and ANONYMOUS…take a good look at yourselves in the mirror…because you can throw out your judgment on others but I’m sure there’s someone behind your back judging you.
Something smells. Why do I get this overwhelming feeling that the mom blogger IS the anonymous poster and this is all to create publicity for her blog? Just a thought.
As a teacher in the inner city. I see neglect, drugs , poverty, and abuse on a daily basis. I wish my kids would only have to worry about watching too much TV. Pay it forward instead of complaining.
My kids watch movies, because sometimes Mommy and Daddy need a break, there is nothing wrong with it.
Sloanscott - please disappear from this sight like anonymous from Jackie’s. Am i the only one that sees that when men comment on here its always a put down, these a-holes really need to get a life and stop the women hating.
If this is all some people can get vexed about then god help us all!!! letting a kid watch teletubbies, what a horrific crime!!!
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The blogger totally deserves it. Putting her kids on the internet opens her up to a whole bunch of criticism. I will say one thing about that commenter though. What a coward. If you are going to berate someone and call them a bad parent, you at least need to back it up with facts and let people know who you are.