Last week I posted a story about how the birth rate is slowing down around the world, and how this in part relates to a kind of International Mommy Strike. (Studies show that when women are giving more support for working and raising families, the birth rate goes up closer to “replacement levels.”) If you’re still confused, read the story.
For kicks, I made up some goofy chants for the picket line (You don’t want to pay the PIPER? You can change the baby’s DIAPER!) There are more toward the bottom of last week’s story, and some in the comments of that story.
Now I’m asking YOU to write your own chant. Why? I don’t know why.
I just thought it would be fun. And maybe because all this stuff about how hard it is to raise children has reached a point of absurdity. Like the sick day thing. If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry.
The best chant will win a Working Moms Break mug!
That’s right. The first ever Working Moms Break mug.
Who wouldn’t want a classy Working Moms Break mug, the perfect thing for everyone’s coffee break. Imagine yourself, with your feet up on your desk, sipping deliciously hot coffee or tea. You look like any other hardworking mom or dad taking a much deserved break. But you’re holding your special mug, and thinking deep, subversive feminist thoughts.
I’ll post the slogans here and maybe, if we get a lot of them, on MomsRising.
Here’s what to do
Write your chants in the comments. It’s so easy. You can start with a classic union rhyme like
Hey hey, ho ho…..[add rhyme]
or
1, 2, 3, 4…[add rhyme] 4, 5, 7, 8 [add another rhyme]
or look at some of the ones people started in the comments here.
Try it. It’s fun!
About that mug…
I’ve never designed a mug before. This will be interesting. If you’re a designer and would like to offer a mug design…that would be awesome. Can’t pay you, but I’ll buy you the finished version. Email me: katrina@workingmomsbreak.com.
Please share this
Share this with your friends. The more chants people write the better. Right now I think four people have submitted chants, so the odds of you winning are high!
{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }
1,2,3,4 (he) why don’t we do it any more
5,6,7,8 (she) power point, pink eye, your dirty plate
T-I-R-E-D, like, total-LY
1,2,3,4 water cooler, vegas, commute no more
5,6,7,8 self employment’s really great
Hey, hey, ho, ho, this proposal’s got to go
Me, me, my oh my, it’s finally quiet downstairs…sigh
Mommies on strike. Mommies on strike. You won’t like…mommies on strike.
Where do we live? AMERICA! Do we want to see our population die? HELL NO!!
Do what’s right: help parents get a life!
You can take this baby back! We don’t want the Mommy Track!
Will work for …
FOOD (crossed out)
Daycare (crossed out)
Equal pay (crossed out)
SLEEP!
I found the glass ceiling.
I don’t live in a glass house.
I have a rock.
I’d like to thank my supportive working environment and community for enabling me to be a successful working mom.
Why are you laughing?
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