I think your post was great & frankly I am so PLEASANTLY SURPRISED to see such thoughtful and polite comments! Personally I don't care for Palin's politics at all, however I do believe that her decisions on how she personally juggles her family are just that - HER decisions. Me? Until the kids are in school, they are my job.(But some days I would LOVE a nanny!) To have a post about a controversial political figure (not because she's a woman, but because of her views) who is also a working mom of a pregnant teenager and not have commenters trolling and frothing at the mouth about it.... WELL DONE! Almost every time I check out a parenting blog, it is full of women tearing each other down over who breast or bottle fed, who is vaccinated or not, who is eating food from MacDonalds, or who is working or staying at home. Frankly it disgusts me to the point of steering clear of anything "parenting-related." As women, we should be supporting each other. Instead of saying "you work, therefore you are a bad mom," how about we all put our heads together & make sure all working mothers - by choice or necessity - have the best quality child care options available to them? It does take a village, ladies. We are the village (so are the dads but they're not as scrutinized as a whole) Whether we like it or not, we are all influencing and raising one another's children by just being ourselves. By being moms.