Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ariel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!drutx!houxe!hogpc!houti!ariel!norm From: norm@ariel.UUCP Newsgroups: net.kids,ho.childcare Subject: Re: Working parents and sick kids Message-ID: <665@ariel.UUCP> Date: Sat, 16-Jun-84 13:06:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ariel.665 Posted: Sat Jun 16 13:06:45 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 03:45:05 EDT References: <243@iwu1c.UUCP> Organization: AT&T-ISL, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 33 < 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