Militants - are they for real?
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Militants - are they for real?
| 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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I would agree about your nephew, sounds like he is off to a great start in planning, but he's also very young and from your post, I'm assuming unmarried and without children?
PumpkinAngel
First I have to say sorry for the many typos :)
That is a good point.
PumpkinAngel
Exactly.
"I guess I am having a hard time with the analogy because if a child with autism is not lucky, they are unlucky?" Well yeah. I understand it rubs you the wrong way. It rubs me the wrong way too. One thing about having kids is that it really brings home, painfully in many cases, how much of a role luck plays in children's lives. Thinking about this is unbearable for so many people (being rubbed the wrong way is common) but there it is. This one got hit by a car and died. That one got hit by a car and bounced and has a broken leg. This one was abducted and murdered. That one was abducted and the car was pulled over in a routine traffic stop and the cjhild saved. This one has autism very lightly and can communicate. That one is institutionalized. So much comes down to luck and this is unbearable when thinking about children, but there it is.
>>I'm assuming unmarried and without children?
susannahk,
I understand what you are saying. I just think comparing car wrecks to disabilities isn't up my alley. I am perfectly aware of the luck in situations like that.
I have a child with AD/HD, inattentive type, he
either by choice or because they feel it’s necessary - are shortchanging their children, and themselves.
Oh this phrase from the article is lovely. And not providing food or shelter is NOT short changing the kid?
I see militiants on both sides in all parenting issue debates. Its a fact that there will be some in this particular debate.
*Praying for my best friend, my Dad*
&n
I know EXACTLY what you mean. Ex and I (and now dh and I) planned relatively well -- BUT we never anticipated a child like Alyssa. When most wohp's child care costs are going down, mine have risen almost every year due to the level of care that she needs. I can't imagine where we'd be if we didn't have the level of state aid for her that has helped make her illness much easier financially -- never mind the fact that "I'm" the one that carries the health care benefits (and it's a great plan at that).
Additionally, there are things that just can't be "counted on" -- like when the bottom fell out of the condo market in 1992 (or so) and we were left with a fairly worthless piece of property. The same thing has happened recently -- with the huge downturn in the housing market, we couldn't sell dh's condo for what he owes on it - Had NOTHING to do with poor planning. We've done the best we can to rent it out -- to family - but even THEY are having trouble making the bills in this economy.
These are all things out of our control.
eileen
Edited 4/20/2009 5:50 pm ET by i_am_fine_now
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