The happiest two-job marriages I saw during my research were ones in which men and women shared the housework and parenting. What ...couples called good communication often meant that they were good at saying thanks to one another for small aspects of taking care of the family. Making it to the school play, helping a child read, cooking dinner in good spirit, remembering the grocery list,... these were silver and gold of the marital exchange.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Every day care center, whether it knows it or not, is a school. The choice is never between custodial care and education. The choi...ce is between unplanned and planned education, between conscious and unconscious education, between bad education and good education.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I care not for these ladies, That must be wooed and prayed;... Give me kind Amaryllis, The wanton country maid. Nature art disdaineth; Her beauty is her own.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Corporate America will likely be motivated to support child care when it can be shown to have positive effects on that which manag...ement is concerned about--recruitment, retention and productivity. Indeed, employers relate to child care as a way to provide growth fostering environments for young managers.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Certainly the philosopher of 'possible worlds' must take care that his technical apparatus not push him to ask questions whose mea...ningfulness is not supported by our original intuitions of possibility that gave the apparatus its point.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The lifelong process of caregiving, is the ultimate link between caregivers of all ages. You and I are not just in a phase we will... outgrow. This is life--birth, death, and everything in between.... The care continuum is the cycle of life turning full circle in each of our lives. And what we learn when we spoon-feed our babies will echo in our ears as we feed our parents. The point is not to be done. The point is to be ready to do again.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The glorious dream of full father involvement in infant care will not become a widespread reality overnight. But it can happen, an...d it eventually will happen,... A lot of progress may take place in a short period of time if we just lighten up, step back, and give the guys a decent chance.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A father who will pursue infant care tasks with ease and proficiency is simply a father who has never been led to believe he could...n't.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »