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From: annab@azure.UUCP (A Beaver)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: the dark forces
Message-ID: <155@azure.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 19-Mar-85 11:49:36 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 19 11:49:36 1985
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>References: <2037@inmet.UUCP>

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> ***** inmet:net.women / decwrl!arndt /  7:55 pm  Feb 22, 1985
> > For example, Burton White, director of Boston's Center for Parent Education,
> > cautions, "A child needs large doses of custom-made love.  You can't expect
> > hired help to provide that.  I see the trend toward increasing use of day
> > care as a disaster."  Opps! There goes another 'women's movement' plank!
> Uh, Ken, this one's going to be a big problem.  Many women are not moving
> into the workforce because they're mega-career oriented; many of these women
> with kids in day care work because their families need the two paychecks.
> But you know that.  So Mary Smith has two choices: she can leave Johnny in
> daycare for all his formative years, in which case he'll surely turn into
> a mass murderer or rapist type; or, she can quit her job take care of the
> kid, feeding him bread and water every day for all his formative years, in
> which case he'll surely turn into a mass murderer or rapist type.
> Beth Mazur

  Face it, some people have not had to deal directly with the reality of
  being sole support for one or more other persons, a student and female. 

  As one of those people, i feel compelled to tell you that it is well 
  justified to strive for the best that you can get. If a person strives
  to do well, as measured by their own standards, they tend to feel better
  about what is happening around them. This then comes out in how one 
  interacts with others. It also helps to improve the quality of the time
  which you DO spend with these other people, whom you care so much about.

  As for the preschool environment:	It is VERY important for children
  to have interaction with other children their age, as well as other adults.
  Being in preschool is generally a good way to get this type of exposure.
  Most of the women whom I know, that don't work and have children over the
  age of three, take their child to the preschool for 1/2 days. This helps
  to eliminate the culture shock that the children used to go through when
  they were all of a sudden sent off to school at the age of 5 or 6. That
  way the child can settle into a pattern of doing well in school. (they
  have classed for them to learn to read and write a bit)

  Generally, the mother then gets a part time job to help pay for the cost
  of the preschool and the child can comfortably get their early start.

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