On 2016-07-15 8:45 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/15/2016 2:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> There was a time when that may have been true. The way our society
>> worked was that people got married and the man was expected to work to
>> support his family the wife stayed him and looked after the children.
>> Families were larger and they did not have home freezers, automatic
>> washing machines, dryers etc. Taking care of the kids and housework was
>> a full time job.
>>
>
> In many respects that was, IMO, a better way of life. Parents actually
> raised their children instead of putting them in a daycare warehouse.
>
> If a woman wants a career she should have every opportunity that a man
> has, but if a couple wants to have children, they should take
> responsibility to care for them.


It is probably preferable in the long run to the situation we have now
where were have working couples where both have high paying occupations
and have only one or two kids while the other end of the spectrum we
have welfare mothers with numerous kids by different fathers.