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 tektronix!tekmdp!cindym Tektronix