MomTalk Talks Childcare and Choices
In our third week of write/respond, Regina Martine presents her thoughts on the state of childcare options and parental support in this country. The other Mamas and Papa have their say as well. We're sure you'll have an opinion on this one.
Regina Martine Back in May, the Patch Mamas (and lots and lots of other people) wrote about the Time Magazine cover of a young mother nursing an older toddler. At the time, the interwebs were abuzz with all kinds of talk about what parenting philosophy is best to use to raise a child. I think, in this country in particular, we tend to get all in a twist about parenting issues that don’t matter and never talk about some of the issues that really do matter in how we raise our children. This is a huge topic, and I certainly don’t have the answers but I would love to have a substantive, meaningful discussion about how motherhood and parenting could be better, rather than judging each other's parenting choices. In some ways, society reveres …
Jennifer O'Connor
2:33 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012
I take exception to the idea that having a child is a *luxury* that should be weighed as a primarily economic decision. A child is NOT a hot tub, sorry! I won't say that having a child is an entitlement, and it's certainly not an obligation. But it's a biological imperative, a necessity for society. And single mothers or low wage earners have just as much right to expect to pass along their DNA … more ›