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: 02-22-2007
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 2:29pm
Some of us like not living in a homeless shelter.

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 2:30pm

>> I know many parents who are just as bonded with their children as I, and they've adopted. <<

Seriously. What a slap in the face to adoptive parents.

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Tue, 04-21-2009 - 2:30pm

Well, I was giving the benefit of the doubt and asking a question, otherwise

PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 04-21-2009 - 2:34pm

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PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 04-21-2009 - 2:38pm

>> I never knew that all sahms have PERFECT, non-troubled children.... <<

And at that, I must laugh heartily. Some of the MOST troubled children I know come from SAHM households. Heck, the kid my friends adopted had a SAHM... who pretty much ignored him to the point of neglect.

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Registered: 08-31-2008
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 2:38pm

As biological and adoptive mother, I consider the source of those ignorant statements...

The belief that you can only form that special maternal bond after 9 months gestation and exclusive breastfeeding are objectively false. I love all my children equally, as does their father.

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 2:40pm

Hey now, my oldest is in middle school, the chairs are bigger....but can you imagine how it would affect my teenager to have his mother with him 24/7?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 2:40pm
In many cases, you can't predict how cut out a person is for parenting until they're actually doing it. Is this another instance where you recommend adoption?

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 2:46pm

>> I am fully available to them when they are home - again, they are not usually available to me, LOL! <<

Seriously. I don't know what key parts of parenting I'm neglecting exactly, in the two hours between when they get out of school and when I get off work. Usually they spend that time doing their homework, which they rarely need my help with anymore. I suppose I could follow them to the bathroom and supervise them taking a dump? Don't want to miss any part of their lives, now....

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Tue, 04-21-2009 - 2:47pm

>> How does that work when the child/children realizes that they won't and don't have the full attention of te world and it's isn't fully available to them? <<

I've seen this happen with only children who have had SAHPs. It's pretty icky.

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