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Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Re: Working (selfish) Mothers - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1405
Posted: Fri Jan 28 12:43:44 1983
Received: Tue Feb  1 09:34:44 1983

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uiucdcs!ardis    Jan 28 10:07:00 1983

	Most young children get diaper rash occasionally.  This is not
surprising, since the only sure ways of avoiding it are to change diapers
every hour, or not to put anything on the child's bottom.  Most young
children get dirty.  A child that does not get dirty is probably not
doing enough exploring.  I would be very worried if my son did not get
dirty.  Most young children crave attention and love.  Who would not?
None of these observations are signs of abuse.  I know a lot of young
children with these "symptoms" who have caring, responsible mothers
(and fathers).  Almost all of the mothers stay at home.

	As a father, I would never trust my child to the care of anyone
who could not distinguish between normal maladies of life (such as
diaper rash) and serious illness.