Does America want Moms to stay at home?
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Does America want Moms to stay at home?
| Mon, 12-12-2005 - 11:28am |
It was actually dh that suggested that America (gov't I suppose) wants Moms to stay at home. From what I have learned from these boards daycare is hideously expensive and maternity leave is very short. Many have said they couldn't afford to work because of daycare costs. Compare this to Canada where we have $7 a day daycare and Quebec is increasing maternity leave to 2 years at 55% pay or 1 year at 75% pay in January. With the $7 a day daycare Moms can easily afford to work, and with the paid maternity leave Moms can easily afford to stay home. It seems that in the states you're 'forced' into situations because it's your only option. Can't afford daycare? Stay at home. Maternity leave too short or have to work to support the family? Go back to work. Would any of you prefer if it would be easier financially to make either decision like it seems to be in Canada or are you fine with how it is?






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"I know people from all over Canada that go to my University and said they never learned compound interest (besides that it exists) in elementary or high school. That's not using only my *own* experience."
That is still YOUR experience. YOU and the people YOU know. I have never seen a handgun. I don't know a single person who has. Does that mean I can say "Canadians have never seen a hand gun"? No.
It 'should' be, sure. But, imagine: you're 8 and your mom has a live in boyfriend (sometimes) and she has kids by him and he's not your daddy. Your daddy is a man you've never met. Your mom doesn't work and neither does her mom and all of you live together in a cramped two bedroom apartment. Sometimes you get to bed at 10 but most of the time you finally fall asleep around midnight because it's just too noisy to sleep. Sometimes you have breakfast but it's whatever you find your self because everyone else is still sleeping. You walk to school though a violent neighborhood. You come home and some times some one is there but most of the time it's just you and the tv.
It's tough to impart an education on a hungry, tired, kid.
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Where did she say it was?
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