From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!lime!we13!otuxa!ll1!ihldt!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ardis 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 #R:ihuxl:-29700:uiucdcs:31600001:000:779 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.