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From: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Who's watching the kids?
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 15:14:16 EDT
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Julia Harper writes (among other things);

>>...Let your man do that choosing.  If he chooses to put the kid in a
>>day care center instead of quitting his job, let that be on his
>>head!
>>
and then Ross M. Greenberg (of Time Inc. mind you) replies;
>
> <useless garbage>..
>
>I would hope that you would see childrearing as being a joint responsibility,
>and none of this "you take care of [him,her] ---  I did my job" crap!
>
>Aren't you glad *your* parents didn't have this fucked-up attitude?
>
Consider this a flame Ross, if I wrote what I am thinking you'd have to
move away from your terminal.  I don't know if you have any children or
a current SO but if you don't I hope your attitude changes before you do.

There, my blood pressure has returned to normal and I didn't even type any
nasty words.

Peter B