What's the definition of a "soccer mom"?
c...@eurosport.com
term please.
Chris
In the UK
Ericka Kammerer
c...@eurosport.com wrote:
>
> Keep reading/hearing term "soccer mom" - would somebody explain the
> term please.
Well, I suppose literally it's supposed to evoke an image of
a mother who drives a minivan and spends her time driving her little
dears around to soccer practice, often with cell phone in hand.
In general, I think it is supposed to refer to the demographic
group of suburban moms, some of whom work outside the home and
some of whom don't, who have school-aged children and are at
least middle-class. Some people also use it to refer to what
I call "professional moms," or those who have decided to take
on parenting in the same way they attacked their careers, and
who schedule their children up to their eyeballs in enrichment
activities, racing about like mad women to get everyone to
everything ;-)
Best wishes,
Ericka
sar...@bigfoot.com
<lam...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Well, I suppose literally it's supposed to evoke an image of
>a mother who drives a minivan and spends her time driving her little
>dears around to soccer practice, ......
Thanks for your response, I think we call this "type" of person here,
a "New Labour Mum" (our equivalent to your Democrats)
I hadn't realised that soccer had taken any real hold in the States. I
would assume that it's a sport taken up by the middle classes - hence
the term.
Chris
Ericka Kammerer
sar...@bigfoot.com wrote:
> I hadn't realised that soccer had taken any real hold in the States. I
> would assume that it's a sport taken up by the middle classes - hence
> the term.
Where I live (northern Virginia), soccer has been hugely popular for
around 20 years, but that's an anomaly for the US. But yes, soccer has
become *much* more popular in many parts of the US in the last several
years, and it very much tends to be a middle class thing.
Best wishes,
Ericka