Posted on 06/18/2012 3:13:58 PM PDT by Kaslin
Ten now. I remember you when you and your hubby were brand new parents. I recall thinking: What the heck are they doing out here with that tiny baby? Now, I’m an old grammy with two grandchildren, one eight and one 15 mo. I have been the primary care giver for both of them from birth, because Mom is a teacher. I’m also still holding down my job.
I put my husband through college, so I was employed when our first two children were little. They went to a church daycare near my office. I used to go over during lunch and look at Bill while he had his nap. It was a good place - he was happy when I dropped him off, and still happy when I picked him up ... Mexican grandmothers spoiling the blond, blue-eyed boy!
The doctor who delivered Kathleen, back in January, had a baby just a couple of months older. (Not my regular OB, but she was on call that night, and I couldn’t want until 8:00 a.m.!) She came in while I was nursing Kathleen, and sat down and started to cry because she missed her son. Of course, being an obstetrician is a very meaningful job, but mothers are programmed to want to be with their babies.
Some of my church friends are the main backup in taking care of their children’s children. My mother has to take care of my father, so I’m glad we don’t need help with our kids now!
My 15-year-old son got our baby to sleep tonight, after he got back from the swim meet. He’s a miracle with babies, always has been. Even when he was in preschool, he wanted to play with babies if they all went to the park.
I have no children, so maybe I don’t qualify to comment on this.
But this *entire* discussion is the kind of third-grade playground “nyah-nyah” immature BS that divides people and diverts attention from anything meaningful. We are a free country. Some women choose to work, some women choose to child-rear, some do both, some do neither. Why is it anyone elses business? The truth is that we should celebrate the fact that we have the freedom do as we please.
OTOH, this is exactly the kind of overly wordy, narcissistic pseudo-intellectual blather that the Atlantic is chock full of.
It’s sad to see feminists pouting over a woman who chose to make a great societal contribution (raising her family) over the selfish ideal of having a career for the money.
:Sigh:
I have noticed that militant feminists really don't like women.
Their "perfect women" is a misogynist man with breasts and as lacking in person-hood as a crash test dummy.
You are very right. Daycares are like any other business, there are good ones and there are bad ones. It’s tough to know what you are getting yourself (and your child) until it’s too late. At the very least, Churches could offer to pair you off with a stay at home mom who could take care of your children too and make a few dollars on the side. (I just may put that in the suggestion box next week.)
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