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"  Ever wonder if you are the only mom in the world who hates playing Candy Land, or is secretly thrilled that she requires a scheduled C-section? Then be thankful for Dirt Is Good for You: True Stories of Surviving Parenthood, a new collection of brutally funny, nakedly confessional essays that originally appeared on the Website babble.com. In these excerpts, moms reveal the parenting evils they&amp;#039;ve committed. Snubbing the mommy community  &amp;quot;My breaking point occurred one drizzly afternoon, when the baby and I were on our way to a [new moms] group. Instead of heading to the host&amp;#039;s apartment, I found myself driving to my favorite bar, enjoying a glass of wine and a few minutes of reading with Roscoe sleeping in his stroller. There was...not a single word about bouncers or strollers or acid reflux.... It was beautiful \u2014 like listening to the ocean at night.&amp;quot; \u2014Kim Brooks Spoiling thy sons &amp;quot;As I began lightheartedly pulling the soppy clothes out of the dryer so that my boys could have warm socks, I was suddenly crippled by horrific visions of my sweet little sons at age 30, griping to their wives that they needed their clothes to be warmed each morning because that&amp;#039;s what their mother did for them. Oh, my god, I thought, I&amp;#039;m raising mama&amp;#039;s boys. I had mysteriously grown apron strings, despite the fact that I don&amp;#039;t cook.&amp;quot; \u2014Emily Mendell Prioritizing thyself &amp;quot;As a new mom, I regularly left my daughter to shriek in her bouncy seat while I scarfed down my lunch or took a shower. Occasional neglect seemed like a relatively minor maternal sin, especially since it was the only way I got anything done. Wasn&amp;#039;t it in my daughter&amp;#039;s best interest to ensure our toilets weren&amp;#039;t condemned by the health department?&amp;quot; \u2014Elizabeth Blackwell "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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