From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!tektronix!tekmdp!cindym
Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Working Mothers
Article-I.D.: tekmdp.1723
Posted: Thu Jan 27 13:07:52 1983
Received: Sat Jan 29 05:45:19 1983

I don't normally flame but the article claiming that all working
mothers are selfish, etc., has me so angry that I can hardly type.
I do not have any children so I am also speaking as an "impartial"
observer.  Several of my working (both fulltime and parttime) friends 
have clean, happy, completely normal children.  Yes, some children
of working parents are neglected, but so are some children whose
parents are home all day but ignore the kids.  Working mothers frequently
feel guilt because society has taught them that they are fully responsible
for their kids.  What about the fathers?  Why are you blaming the
mothers for the neglect and let the fathers off without even a slap
on the hand?  Please also consider women who work because they would
not eat otherwise -- single parents, women who are married to someone
who has been laid off for a year, or families that can not get by
on only one salary?  I think that parents who hold down a job outside
the home should be given any help that society can give them, like
good daycare centers with staff that are trained to work with children,
rather than be ragged at by people who want to heap the guilt on thicker.

Cindy McMeekin
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