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To: VeritatisSplendor
When did motherhood earn the title "caregiver"? Used to called "Parent"
29 posted on 05/11/2003 1:19:42 PM PDT by JoeSixPack1 (POW/MIA - Bring 'em home, or send us back! Semper Fi)
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To: JoeSixPack1
If you delete the word "parent" from the vocabulary, then it will seem perfectly normal when children born out of wedlock end up being raised by grandparents, or when most children spend more time in daycare than they do their working mothers.

Changing the vocabulary, changes the way you perceive the situation. In the future you won't be able to ask when something goes wrong, "well, where are the parents?", because the sentence, "where are the caregivers?" will actually have the effect of diminishing the responsibility of the caregivers. When was the last time you blamed a child's behavior on Granny or the daycare?
31 posted on 05/11/2003 1:24:35 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife (Lurking since 2000.)
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