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Posting as a means to vent into the void.
I've got loving, caring people in my life and am well supported by them.
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Hi Dana Lynn! Welcome here and to the blogosphere!
In retrospect, I should have made it more clear that I haven't read the book and therefore don't have a strong opinion about the book, per se. My point is that I don't understand why so many people think that staying at home means you're anti-feminism. I don't understand why staying at home isn't considered to be a Feminist Choice. You and I might very well be arguing for the same side here.
However, I have issues with statements like "that if at all possible, women should make the choice to stay home." In my mind I believe that if all possible, the family should ensure that their children are being cared for by people who love them, are attentive to them, can nurture them, stimulate them and keep them safe. This could mean that mom stays home, dad stays home, or the child spends their days with Aunt Freda or at daycare. I know some women that wouldn't be able to provide these things for their children if they stayed home. I think that for a mom or a dad to admit that they don't have the patience or the instinct to provide the kind of attention for the child that they can get elsewhere also makes them good parents. Would I rather have a child at home with a parent who hates being at home and then begins to resent the child? Or would I rather have the child in daycare during the day and with a fulfilled parent on evenings and weekends?
I'm staying at home because that works best for our family. But I know full well that what works for us will never work for everyone.
No worries. No harm, no foul.
I think you made a perfect point. We won't always understand why people pick the choices they do. We may never agree with the choices other people make. But the best thing we _can_ do for each other, is to be supportive because we are all in this together.
Thanks for this terrific discussion!
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