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Originally Posted by old-fart
Wow, way to get your knickers in a twist about, basically, nothing.
Let me rephrase - I'm fortunate enough that we had the choice for my wife to stay home with the kids. Single parents often (mostly) do not have that choice, ergo they are not "fortunate" enough to be in a position to make it. Couples who need both parents to work to afford basic necessities similarly are not "fortunate" enough to be in that position. Some folks, while fortunate enough to be in that position choose to have both parents work full time.
I'm of the belief that education of MY children is not just the governments problem but it is also very much my and my wife's problem. It takes an investment in time to give our children the best chance to succeed. If you can still make that time for your children while both working full time, great. If though, you are like many dual income parents who are more concerned with the boat, the cabin and the new big screen TV and yet at the same time bitch and moan that little Johnny isn't doing so well in math or reading so it must be the school's fault well... I don't have much time for that.
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I have no patience for helicopter parents like you. We have a different philosophy for our children. We have an arrangement with our bus driver to drop our children off in a random location outside the city every day and they must fight there way home each night using there own wits. Sure, there was one time that was a little worrying when my son was missing for 3 days, but he had made good use of that time, figuring out on his own how to snare, skin, and cook a rabbit. You just can't place a value on a life lesson like that.