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Re: day care
m_c_004b@frank.mtsu.edu ("m_c_004b@frank.mtsu.edu")
Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:49:31 -0500
On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Read, Dwight ANTHRO wrote:
> >
> > Eleanor Macoby of Stanford commented "There's been this kind of suspicion
> > until now that day care is somehow contrary to family values. I think we
> > need to recognize that day care is a family value. It's a part of family
> > life now." (I won't comment on the illogicality of that statement.) So
> this
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> --Maybe Im just dense (don't address that please, :)) but I don't see why
> this statement is illogical. "
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> Just because something is part of family life does not necessarily mean
> that it is a part of family values. For example, divorce is a part of many
> family lives, but that does not mean that divorce is a part of family values.
> Day care may be a pragmatic necessity for many people, but that, by itself,
> does not imply that it is a part of family values.
I think all the speaker meant was: to want your children to be cared
for, looked after, protected, fed properly and supervised so that they won't
burn themselves on the stove eye or poison themselves or be kidnapped while
you are away earning a living is, indeed, a family-oriented value.
Carolyn
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