A couple of weeks ago I read an article in a Swedish newspaper that intrigued me…. this article was called “what type of mom are you?”. I was kind of interested in the picture that they used to promote the article, since it comes from Swedish Television.
The article was made like a questionary or poll to see what kind of mother one is… The one that really caught my eye was this one:
Slackermom
Known traits: Is allergic to other moms that prohibit sugar and hysterical security moms… McDonald’s is their second home. Says usually that TV is good and that it actually helps kids develop. Doesn’t really care about the kid(s), as long as the kid(s) don’t bother. Wants the kid(s) to be at home all the time (except for going out to buy cigarettes for mommy, wherever that is permissible)… Wants to know where the kid(s) are, not because she cares, but just to know. Tinted hair, tattoed and slightly (or heavily) overweight. Usually has a problem with alcohol and is a heavy smoker.
Type of mother: Is usually poorly dressed (see picture) and says she doesn’t care since she already has a well-defined fashion sense (knowing that she doesen’t, she really wants to know how to dress well). Likes to agitate people with her slacker and carefree attitude. People think, though, that she is poorly dressed and probably a moron. Period.
Type of kid(s): Unfortunate, intelligent, want(s) to know more about life, become(s) destructive later on, thanks to their parents’ wish to control them without ever listening to them or even spending time with them.
Motto: No official motto… but I found this really funny description on a website: “I’m a self professed slacker mom. I drive my kids to school in my pj’s, I can make a couple of Happy Meals from the floor of my car, my kids eat in front of the television, and I believe a dirty house helps kids have a healthy immune system.”.. that kind of says it all, doesn’t it?
Thankfully, there are no (that I know of) slacker moms in Mexico. In Sweden I suppose there are quite few slacker moms…
