Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mit-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!mit-vax!csdf From: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: My first baby Message-ID: <547@mit-vax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 08:57:56 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-vax.547 Posted: Tue Aug 6 08:57:56 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Aug-85 02:29:33 EDT References: <3484@cornell.UUCP> <472@tymix.UUCP> Reply-To: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 34 In article <472@tymix.UUCP> whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst) writes: >A husband does not have the right to tell his wife what to do or how to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >bring up their child! ^^^^^^^^^^^ I would like to deviate a bit from the personal background of this particular posting (in THAT light: Congratulations!). As a future husband and (hopefully) father, I'm a little disturbed by Pam's seemingly contradictory attitude. In an age where the wife can leave the home, and baby, to pursue a career, I think it a bit sexist to insinuate the father cannot make childrearing descisions. In the case of an unwed mother, I don't see how the father can claim such rights, but a married couple assumes a FATHER as well as a mother. After all, when the baby is weened, what is the difference between a mother or father taking the nurturing role? (Don't throw Fruedian sex roles at me, I know them already!). In any case, I would hope both parents would share the responsibility as well as the rewards of raising children. -- Charles Forsythe CSDF@MIT-VAX "You are a stupid fool." -Wang Zeep "I'm not a fool!" -The Hated One