Militants - are they for real?

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Militants - are they for real?
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Tue, 04-14-2009 - 6:59pm

Someone on another board posted this link.
http://blogs.babycenter.com/celebrities/2009/04/12/dr-laura-says-all-moms-should-stay-at-home/?scid=momstodd_20090414_A:2&pe=2U8vYLf
It's about Dr. Laura saying that all women should be SAHMs until the child is at least 3 years old.

Whether we're talking about working or staying at home, I can't quite wrap my head around what is going on inside the brains of people that apply the phrase "all women should".

Do you think militants are actually serious, or just trying to get a rise out of others?

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Registered: 02-07-2009
Sat, 05-02-2009 - 8:35pm

"Trust me. Her children will turn out no differently for her staying home for nine months."

Exactly. None of the dire circumstances that you attribute to SAH will happen to this child because it's mothers took a 9 month maternity leave.

"Kids simply don't do better because mom SAH for 9 months.

And there is not evidence that they do worse if their mother SAH for 9 months.

If there is no difference in the outcome of a mother SAH for 9 months or takes a shorter maternity leave then doe not it fall to personal choice?

While it is true that long term SAH can have long term consequences 9 months of SAH will not. Especially in a country where it is the norm.

I do not know if it is the case where she lives but I have read that one of the issues that has come up in countries that have long maternity leaves is it is almost impossible to find childcare for infants younger than the standard maternity length age. If the standard maternity length is nine months than that it the age that most childcare centers take children, if the standard maternity length is 12 months then then that is when most childcare centers take children etc. Not much different than in the U.S. where it can be hard to find care for an infant under the age of 6 weeks. It could be a case of even if she wanted to return to work before the standard maternity time is up it would be impossible because of the lack of child care for infants that age.

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Sat, 05-02-2009 - 8:44pm

The only problem with relying on statistics it there is not one statistic that shows that 100% of a group who fall in that statistic will have that outcome or 100% of those who do not fall into that statistic will not have that income.

I have a high school diploma with a tech school certificate. I was a SAHM for 12.5 years and have only worked at low paying jobs since returning to the workforce.

Yet two of my DDs have college degrees and the third one is half way there, ending her sophomore year of college this Friday.




Edited 5/2/2009 8:47 pm ET by semi-emptynester
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Sat, 05-02-2009 - 9:18pm

"Trust me.

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Sat, 05-02-2009 - 10:16pm

Actually, we do know that.

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Registered: 08-25-2008
Sat, 05-02-2009 - 10:19pm

That and breast feeding for the countries that claim they pay moms to SAH so they can breast feed.

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Registered: 01-18-2005
Sun, 05-03-2009 - 12:32am

Actually, yes the word value is relative:


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1.
relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.

I found this defintion on an online dictionary.

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Sun, 05-03-2009 - 1:51am

I do not know if it is the case where she lives but I have read that one of the issues that has come up in countries that have long maternity leaves is it is almost impossible to find childcare for infants younger than the standard maternity length age. If the standard maternity length is nine months than that it the age that most childcare centers take children, if the standard maternity length is 12 months then then that is when most childcare centers take children etc. Not much different than in the U.S. where it can be hard to find care for an infant under the age of 6 weeks. It could be a case of even if she wanted to return to work before the standard maternity time is up it would be impossible because of the lack of child care for infants that age.



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Sun, 05-03-2009 - 2:56am
Maybe those 9 months are important to the mother. Maybe they make a difference to her.
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Registered: 02-06-2009
Sun, 05-03-2009 - 6:02am

As I've explained, the amount of money paid during maternity leave is a quarter of what I'd be getting if I was working FT.


Also, the money is only paid for 9 months.

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Registered: 02-06-2009
Sun, 05-03-2009 - 6:09am


Rollmops has already explained the benefits to society of decent parental leave policies. Would you like me to link to her post?


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