On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Dana wrote: > mm. Don't really know a thing about the woman, but "farming them out" > might actually be in their best interest, ever consider that? Maybe > they are better off with her income but without the dad playing a role > for which he turns out not to be well suited. Maybe her mom loves them > to death and is a great parent.
"Farmed out" child rearing seems to me to be part of a large-scale problem the USA faces, in my opinion. If you could swing being with your kids, shouldn't you? Hell, I'm aiming for some telecommute-type crap pretty soon, just because I LOVE being with my family, and I'm in the rare situation of probably being able to swing that, you know? Not everybody can do crap like that. I do pretty good as it is. It's sorta sad when feminism starts advocating career over family-- I'm a masculine-ist who advocates family over career, for instance. Not quite culturally normal, for the USA. And this is another area where the rich/poor factor plays a HUGE role. If you've got the $$$, you can get some quality rearing (although I still think it's a cop-out to have someone else raise your kids, anyone seen "Morgan Stewart's Coming Home"?), but I get the whole "whatever works" and "best interests" whatnot. Still, I wish there were more emphasis on family and whathaveyou. Sorta take a page from the book of Spain, and value family, and siestas. I would. -- The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding. Karl Jaspers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267241 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
