Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 8/6/2005 4:45:00 PM Author: Terri Subject: parenthood or career Yes, we do encourage our young men and women to challenge their minds with an education. I do not see how that advice translates into ignoring parental responsibilities several years later in life. Once two adults decide to have a child both of them should be prepared to deal with the financial sacrifices this may involve. If they are not prepraed to alter their spending habits then perhpas they should wait til a child is more important to them than material excess. If either the mother or father is prepared to put their career on hold or pursue it part time, then the infant will recieve more nurturing. If they dont feel it is worth it to put their career on hold, or to modify their spending by living on at least one part time plus one full time job, then they should reconsider the importance of having a child. If it is a single parent, and no relative is nearby, then the only option is daycare. In that case, I hope the single parent understands that she has an obligation that will demand much from her. The best thing for the infant is not the fancy babywear, the expensive baby furniture, the molded plastic carriers that modern parents "need" to carry a little baby in(how inconvenient to carry the infant in one's arms) but rather the love and caring that a parent can provide better than any underpaid and overworked stranger. European women are highly educated and sophisticated, yet they often take the first seven years off of work after giving birth. Their job is waiting for them too. Name: Email: Subject

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