Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxh!mhuxi!mhuxm!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-rex!merrill From: merrill@rex.DEC Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Mother(s) need no excuse(s) Message-ID: <133@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 09:18:36 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.133 Posted: Tue Dec 4 09:18:36 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 04:39:58 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 12 Motherhood is the second oldest profession /Erma Brombeck/. Surely Motherhood is the highest "calling" since even overachievers have mothers. If the question is how much time does a GOOD mother spend parenting, that's a very individual question. It depends on individual skills, talents, efficiency, and ability to communicate -- not to mention the ages of the children, how many, how far apart. While being a mother may come "naturally", mothering can be a matter of degree. What TRAINING should a person have to be a GOOD mother? Teachers, for example, have training that help them be good mothers. Rick