tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post114216703153875456..comments2023-10-30T02:03:56.081+13:00Comments on Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty: Working MothersMaiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1142249891175777582006-03-14T00:38:00.000+13:002006-03-14T00:38:00.000+13:00I should delete a comment like that Rick - because...I should delete a comment like that Rick - because it is rude and obnoxious. <BR/><BR/>MTNW - I agree that there isn't a one size fits all solution, which is why I tried to express the principles which would enable those raising children to do it with the greatest flexibility, so they could meet many different needs.<BR/><BR/>I think parenting in general is isolating, and it really shouldn't be.Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1142240745677022912006-03-13T22:05:00.000+13:002006-03-13T22:05:00.000+13:00I don't know if there is one fits all sizes soluti...I don't know if there is one fits all sizes solution to the undervaluing of child care and care work in general- but two of the main things have to be a more even distribution of child care between men and women and also workplaces not built around a full time worker with no other responsibilities norm. I wonder sometimes if these things might be in the process of happening by means of individual incremental small victories gradually effecting a change in the culture.<BR/><BR/>Also, I have to say it's fairly isolating being a working mother of a young child/ren too. You are cut out from the coffee group-mothers at home scene, you can't really socialise much with childless co-workers because you generally have to be home when not at work, and your peer group who you have most in common with- other working mothers are like you so frantically busy & under time pressure that all you can mostly do is nod and smile at each other in passing.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797661728002935006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1142220939959326512006-03-13T16:35:00.000+13:002006-03-13T16:35:00.000+13:00I'd love to put you straight with a few well-place...I'd love to put you straight with a few well-placed points.<BR/><BR/>But you'd bloody delete them if I did! So: grrrr.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06315796390662297759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1142212187319904372006-03-13T14:09:00.000+13:002006-03-13T14:09:00.000+13:00Great post; selected for one of two featured posts...Great post; selected for one of two featured posts in Monday's Best of Blogs at Candide's NotebooksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com