From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!wb2!houxz!houxi!houxa!houxb!houxq!houxo!wakeup
Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Re: another side to children
Article-I.D.: houxo.143
Posted: Wed Jan 26 10:00:38 1983
Received: Fri Jan 28 07:17:33 1983
References: sdcsvax.87

     Only my father worked, my mother was a "housewife", I am the last child
of three. Eventhough both my parents did not work, my fater was and is a
very selfish person similar to some people writing on this net. HE always
came first, my mother and the kids last. From experience I know this is no
way to raise children. To be good parents there must be an element of
self sacrifice, ie the kids come first most of the time. I see in myself
some selfishness and my wife and I have long discussions about having childern
because I question if we can sacrifice enough. Just because both parents work
does not mean they are bad parents. In fact most of the families in my home
town all adults had to work to afford to live but raised "normal" children.
The bad thing I see are these selfcentered people having children, for what
reason I do not know. Do they understand what they are doing to their kids?
Most likely they will grow up resenting their parents and being overly
selfish themselves and continue propigating this poor attitude.