{"title":"Nancy Reddy","description":"\u003cp\u003eNancy Reddy’s work offers thoughtful insights into the complexities of parenting and family life. Her writing challenges traditional expectations, inviting readers to reconsider cultural narratives around motherhood and caregiving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a compassionate and reflective voice, Reddy explores themes of identity, responsibility, and love, making her books essential reading for anyone interested in the nuanced realities of family dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-good-mother-myth-by-nancy-reddy-9781250336644","title":"The Good Mother Myth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Nancy Reddy had her first child, she found herself suddenly confronted with the ideal of a perfect mother—a woman who was constantly available, endlessly patient, and immediately invested in her child to the exclusion of all else. Reddy had been raised by a single working mother, considered herself a feminist, and was well on her way to a PhD. Why did doing motherhood \"right\" feel so wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor answers, Reddy turned to the mid-20th century social scientists and psychologists whose work still forms the basis of so much of what we believe about parenting. It seems ludicrous to imagine modern mums taking advice from midcentury researchers. Yet, their bad ideas about so-called \"good\" motherhood have seeped so pervasively into our cultural norms. In \u003cem\u003eThe Good Mother Myth\u003c\/em\u003e, Reddy debunks the flawed lab studies, sloppy research, and straightforward misogyny of researchers from Harry Harlow, who claimed to have discovered love by observing monkeys in his lab, to the famous Dr. Spock, whose bestselling parenting guide included just one (1!) illustration of a father interacting with his child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis timely and thought-provoking book will make you laugh, cry, and want to scream (sometimes all at once). Blending history of science, cultural criticism, and memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Good Mother Myth\u003c\/em\u003e pulls back the curtain on the flawed social science behind our contemporary understanding of what makes a good mum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244579729644,"sku":"9781250336644","price":63.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250336644-the-good-mother-myth-1.jpg?v=1788003132"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/nancy-reddy.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}