Friday, June 1, 2007

The Alpha Mother And Beta Mummys "New war"

Battle lines are being drawn between mums who hothouse children - and the Beta mums who don't. So whose side are you on?

A new Mummy War has broken out over the "best" way to bring up children - and it's causing a deep and rancorous gulf between two tribes of women who regard each other with disdain and dislike.

But this time the battle for school gate superiority has less to do with whether or not women work full-time or stay at home, and everything to do with time management versus tree climbing.

Step forward the Alpha and Beta mothers.

The Alpha mother has reigned supreme for more than a decade.
Held up as an aspirational role model for the rest of us, she never has a hair out of place and can be spotted tapping urgently into her Blackberry on the school run.

This sort of woman treats parenthood as a project to be managed down to the last second.

Fiercely organised, she's likely to be highpowered and well-educated. Aren't you feeling inferior already?

But there's more to an Alpha mum than that.

She treats her home life as an extension of her corporate one: family time is merely another slot in the bulging diary.

Her children are seamlessly ferried between extra curricular activities with little to no time to spare for relaxation or, God forbid, just thinking.
More at:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=458563&in_page_id=1879
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