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From: norm@ariel.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.kids,ho.childcare
Subject: Re: Working parents and sick kids
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Date: Sat, 16-Jun-84 13:06:45 EDT
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<     My wife and I both work Mon - Fri 8:30 to 5pm.
I suggest that you decide which is more important
>your sick child or your careers.  There is nothing 
>in this world more important than the welfare of your
>children.
>
>
>			W. P. Hentrich
>			iwu1c!wph  
>

I could suggest that Bill Cambre and his wife each take a week's vacation
to "deal with the problem" or to enjoy time with the kid, or I could try to 
suggest some other solution to his problem.  But I'd rather challenge
W.P. Hentrich's assertion "There is nothing in this world more important than
the welfare of your children."  Perhaps the best solution, since Hentrich
thinks so highly of your children, is to send your sick child to him!

I don't think there is any question about Cambre's love for his child.  There 
is, however, a lot to question about moral pronouncements such as "There is
nothing in this world more important than the welfare of your children."
I think that parents who love their children should try to do the best they
can for them WITHIN THE CONTEXT of also achieving the other values in their
lives.  Raising kids shouldn't be a sacrifice....
--Norm Andrews ariel!norm