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Question re:Palin
| Tue, 09-02-2008 - 6:59pm |
One of my best friends said that Palin should not be a nominee due to the fact that she has a special
| Tue, 09-02-2008 - 6:59pm |
One of my best friends said that Palin should not be a nominee due to the fact that she has a special
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-Judy- me 36, DH 36, DS born 6/12/2000 and DD born 4/19/2009![]()
I disagree on that one: I can't imagine any political office being "easy" enough to let the office holder take half-days for play dates and emergency sick days for a pediatrician visit. There will always be something to take up the 24-hours in her day - as governor or as V.P.
And my thoughts about the nurturing are not so much about meeting the child's basic needs - in which case a dad, a grandmother, or a paid nanny would suffice - but more about the desires of the parent. I have 2 children and I could have handed them over to someone for nurturing (and did 8 hours every workday) but I WANTED to be present in their daily lives and development. I realize that is a choice and I appreciate I could choose to work and still go home at night. But at the same time I was not leading a national campaign on Family Values - which espouses traditional family structures and prioritizes children over ambitions of the parents.
I am not for restricting the choices of a woman who takes a demanding job after the birth of a child, but I am wondering why this particular woman would rather be in the office - any office - than sharing the nurturing of her infant the first few months if she truly believes in prioritizing children. It doesn't make her a bad mother - it just seems inconsistent to make a career choice that is so extreme.
Bea