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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Tue, 04-21-2009 - 9:22am


Exactly.

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Tue, 04-21-2009 - 9:25am
That is an erroneous conclusion. It is possible to love one's job AND one's child at the same time. You do not become a better or more effective mother by being physically next to your child 24/7.
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Registered: 03-31-2009
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 9:25am

"Nice one liner there."


It appears to be two lines.


"But I AM RAISING MY CHILD no matter how many times you say otherwise."


You cannot replace the time you away from your child, no matter how much you think you can.

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Registered: 03-24-2009
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 9:28am
You've said that.
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Registered: 07-23-2003
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 9:28am

<When you can show respect, I might bother to address your posts. >


Cause you have showed so many WOHM including this poster sooo much respect ROFLAO.

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Registered: 02-24-2009
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 9:28am
Why would you need to replace it? It is not a negative for a child to be cared for by someone other than the mother some of the time. In fact, it can be a positive. It allows the child to form important relationships with more than one person, learn things that the mother may not think of exposing the child to, be part of a group etc, etc.
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Registered: 03-31-2009
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 9:31am
"Yes, but nobody claimed that. Many women work because they like working and consider it sensible to work for any number of reasons.

However, even those women, who for whatever reason think that children of working mothers somehow suffer, may find themselves in the situation of having to work."


Working woman would receive less flack if they only worked when they were forced to work. This is evident in years preceding the feminists movement. Issues arise when the majority are choosing to work.


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Registered: 03-24-2009
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 9:31am
If that's how it works, isn't it sad that your husband loves his job more than his children?
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Tue, 04-21-2009 - 9:32am
Well, yes and no. Of course many women who currently work would be able to SAH if they were willing to drop their family's SOL way, way low. Some of us do not want our children to live in bad neighborhoods, go to terrible schools and for them to have limited access to activities as well as no college funds. So, yes, I want more for my child than what she would have if I did not work. Apart from that, I do not want her to end up stuck with my expenses when I get old and decrepit or having to care for me because I can't afford help.
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Registered: 03-24-2009
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 9:33am
Perhaps you need to spend some time learning how logic works, and how to substantiate your statements, and then come back.

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