Is this debate now moot?
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Is this debate now moot?
| Sun, 01-02-2011 - 6:18pm |
The lack of on topic debate has made me wonder if times have changed. When I first came on iVillage and this board a long time ago (10 years or so. My dd is now 11 and she was a newborn if I remember correctly), this board was hopping. In the late 90's and early 0's, in the days of venture capital, investment banking, flipping real estate, ecommerce, when cash and jobs were plentiful, was the Sah argument more relevant? Now, with a recession and high unemployment are the Sah advocates deafeningly quiet?
There just seems to be a lot fewer of the "How can you leave your precious babies with strangers?" type posts even before the great upgrade debacle. Or maybe village just isn't as popular as it was.
There just seems to be a lot fewer of the "How can you leave your precious babies with strangers?" type posts even before the great upgrade debacle. Or maybe village just isn't as popular as it was.
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LOL, that must be the problem, we are just much too reasonable, with a very few notable exceptions.
FWIW, I do think that there has been a gradual change, and that, slowly, slowly, it is becoming more of an accepted norm for mothers to work. I would really like to see some real debate in the US on how to improve family/work balance, how to improve daycare options for working parents and that sort of thing, instead of those idiotic "never leave the precious babies" discussions.
Yes.
Chris
The truth may be out there but lies are in your head. Terry Pratchett
I agree, plus the new format kills debate and anyone new will not be "sucked in".
It''s because with only one income, SAHM's are too poor to have internet service.
Yes.
to steal a line from the laura bush book i read, i have the luxury of staying home (with my girls) but yes, i have had a real job - this said in return to criticism she got about her lack of "real work" experience during one of husband's campaigns.
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