Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.... Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... the courts cannot garnish a father's salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property on behalf of his children, in our ...society. Apparently this is because a kid is not a car or a couch or a boat.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The frantic search of five-year-olds for friends can thus be seen to forecast the beginnings of a basic shift in the parent-child ...relationship, a shift which will occur gradually over many long years, and in which a child needs not only the support of child allies engaged in the same struggle but also the understanding of his parents.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 »
We reiterate the values [of the family support movement]. We believe that we cannot exist each unto ourselves, that commitment and... a sense of obligation to the welfare of others, to the community, and to the nation are ingredients of being human. We believe that our obligation as members of the community and nation include caring about the next generation. If we care about our own children, we need to care about all children because all will be citizens of this country. We believe that parents want to be good parents. When a child is born, each new mother and father begin their most important life's work, and it is our job to ensure those parents have the concrete and emotional support to be the best parents they can be.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I'm tired of earning my own living, paying my own bills, raising my own child. I'm tired of the sound of my own voice crying out i...n the wilderness, raving on about equality and justice and a new social order.... Self-sufficiency is exhausting. Autonomy is lonely. It's so hard to be a feminist if you are a woman.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The books may say that nine-month-olds crawl, say their first words, and are afraid of strangers. Your exuberantly concrete and sp...ecial nine-month-old hasn't read them. She may be walking already, not saying a word and smiling gleefully at every stranger she sees. . . . You can support her best by helping her learn what she's trying to learn, not what the books say a typical child ought to be learning.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Three factors--the belief that child care is female work, the failure of ex-husbands to support their children, and higher male wa...ges at work--have taken the economic rug from under that half of married women who divorce.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Because the young child feels with such intensity, he experiences sorrows that seem inconsolable and losses that feel unbearable. ...A precious toy gets broken or a good-bye cannot be endured. When this happens, words like "sad" or "disappointed" seem a travesty because they cannot possibly capture the enormity of the child's loss. He needs a loving adult presence to support him in his pain but he does not want to be talked out of it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Belonging to a group can provide the child with a variety of resources that an individual friendship often cannot--a sense of coll...ective participation, experience with organizational roles, and group support in the enterprise of growing up. Groups also pose for the child some of the most acute problems of social life--of inclusion and exclusion, conformity and independence.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »