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From: al@hpfclq.UUCP (al)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 17:53:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 14 17:53:00 1984
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Usually I just read thru the net without saying much but this one
hit home.  It amazes me when people say "oh, she doesn't work -- she's
just a housewife".  AAAGH!  My wife and I made a conscious decision:
she stays home to raise our three children while I work.  And when
you tell people that, they think 1) I'm a cruel man because I only 
let my wife raise kids and 2) she couldn't get a job if she had to.

I also wonder.  Since when is raising children in a secure, stable
environment such a novelty?  Since when is it more important to
have two cars and vacation in Bermuda than provide a home for the
next generation?

Not meaning to offend, but my wife and I left California after a history
of five generations there because we felt like we were freaks.  We
have been much happier here in Colorado where children are treated
as a normal part of life instead of something you do to impress your
office partners.

al "oops, did i say that?" stone
hpfcla!al