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Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has instilled within each of us a powerful biological instinct to reproduce;
this is her way of assuring that the human race, come what may, will never have any disposable income. ~Dave Barry
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Kitchen Round Table is a short e-zine that Parent.org circulates, putting the ideas out there one at a time. To join the circulation list send us an e-mail with “subscribe” in the subject line KRT2 – To smack or not to smack? KRT3 – We don't need another hero? KRT4 - the knowledge economy and the hobby of parenting KRT 5 – Who is the Minister of Parenting? KRT6 – What the hell is a good parent? KRT7 – I have a dream, or is it a vision? KRT8 – Experience vs expertese – if evidence based policy good policy? |
Trends and assumptions - when we look at some of the things government is doing for (or to) parents, it is clear that they are making some unsafe assumptions. Lets have a look at those, and the consequences of them Working parents - Clearly government is pushing parents back to work. While there are both economic and other benefits for families from this, what is being done to accommodate families needs into the workforce Fathering. - more men are moving into full time child rearing. Why aren't they staying there? money - what constitutes "fair"? |