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Comments (2)
Submitted by Wendy Harris on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 13:46.
Ben, what a great piece! I think you did a wonderful job of intertwining the historical roots of "othermothering" in the piece. It's nice to see and hear positive stories like this and I think it will be very encouraging to both teachers and students.
Submitted by k ahmad on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 18:24.
This piece is very inspiring in that I am a "step" mother to two teen boys. We really are on a different level though. I'm only seven years their senior, but they exhibit such a respect and love that I sometimes forget how young I am :). I am happy to be an "other mother". Their mother and I are very close and have a great friendship. It is a unique situation because you don't find that too much in today's society; people getting along and co-parenting, much less friends. Thanks for doing this piece.
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