Are you an "Alpha Mom"?

I was not an alpha mom. I was one of those types who just took it as it came, never read the book. I did it all by instinct and even though I had read Dr. Spock, I felt it was a bunch of nonsense, so did not buy it. We sort of raised our boys by learning from the mistakes of our parents and deciding not to do them. It worked, and both my sons are now man, one is married and has a baby girl, the other, well there is hope for him yet.

I do keep myself up to date with information about parenting and health. But not gadgets. I hate gadgets, I think many things are pointless. Especially with baby stuff, I don't need the latest Baby Einstein thingamabob (see I'm not into gadgets lol), I'm sure my grandma did fine without that stuff. I do have friends that come for me if they are interested in natural parenting stuff, like slings, non-vaccinations, feeding, cloth diapers, etc. I don't see it as a professional attitude, just me trying to do the best I can do.

Alpha Moms... wow, I learned new terminology today :) Well, I think I must be a Hybrid Mom. I do keep up to date on gadgets, information, trends and such that are popular with kids and teens. My reasoning is two-fold -- it helps keep me current with my own daughters and my profession involves working with kids and teens online, so I have to keep up with them, as well. But I absolutely do my actual parenting on my own terms. I believe my child rearing style has been a combination of how I was raised, family values, personal beliefs and objectives for my family and more. I don't actually research how to be a parent... I just rely on "on the job training" :) :)

It sounds like they're touting these 'alpha moms' as being some great thing. I think kids need solid, consistent parenting tactics, not the 'hippest trends regarding parenting and child rearing. Perhaps 'sheeple moms' would be a more appropriate name for them.

I think I keep pretty up to date with all the latest things, but I take it with a grain of salt. I parent my son based on what I think is right, not what some book tells me is right