oh sure but you know what "should" is a big word and I don't think I should be making that call for someone else, and vice versa.
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 5:53 PM, denstar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:267256 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
