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The Working Mom and Custody Issues
| Mon, 11-30-2009 - 8:24pm |
There was an article in this month's Working mother magazine about wrking mom's losing custody to SAHD's.

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It's a different relationship with different people in a different place in a much changed society.
Yes, I said society has changed. What about my words indicates that that change is <<kids are not getting in trouble like kids our age did 20 + years ago? >>
Sigh. Supervision doesn't have to mean constant line of sight as you originally defined it. We've talked about all different kinds of supervision, some methods provide more supervision and some less. I don't know of any HS or MS that doesn't provide some supervision of students.
Being in a supervised activity means there's an activity going on that is being supervised by an adult. It doesn't mean the adult is walking kids from room to room or that the adult (or the kid) never leaves the room. It doesn't mean they're signed in or out. It means they're not hanging out with nothing in particular to do and no one even knowing they're in the building or checking on them.
I never said HS kids were required to be supervised at all times. I said that if they want to be in the building after school, they need to be participating in a supervised activity.
I do think MS and HS kids need supervision. While I don't think it needs to be the same level as elementary school kids, the troubles older kids can get into are much bigger.
What do you think has changed in society from when we were in m/s and h/s?
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