One over the line.
Karen Hughes* just PUSHED MY BUTTON.
Reading a cnn.com article this morning about Mrs. Kerry's apology to Mrs. Bush, Karen Hughes is quoted to have said, in reference to women who don't work outside the home, "I think it's just unfortunate to try to disparage women who have made the choice of making their families a priority" (apparently spinning Mrs. Kerry's remarks like a tivoli ride.)
The part that bothers me is the implication that women who do work outside the home don't make their families a priority, and that these 'working' mothers are not disparaged.
Don't get me started. God, I don't even know where to begin!!!!
I know many "stay-at-home" mothers, and fathers, for that matter. And I know even more who "work-outside-the-home" parents. In my experience, there is no difference! Whether a child spends his or her day in another home with a caregiver, in a Montissori, in a day care facility, or with a nanny, or with his or her parent doesn't have anything at all to do with whether or not a mother is making her family a priority. It is not a part of the equation.
Good gravy! I can't think of a single time when I personally, as a parent who "works outside the home" has ever made a decision, personal or professional, that did not take into account first and foremost my family.
Now, on the other hand.... and I am speaking for myself of course, there are some things that do not find their way very high on the list of priorities... My laundry basket may overflow. My plants might not get watered as often as I they might get were I home during the day, passing by them 10 million times in an hour. The dust on the (especially high up) shelves in my house gathers to the point that it is visable from 10 feet away. At least.
I believe children whose mothers love them will always be the priority, regardless of where or with whom they each spend their day.
*Karen Hughes is a Bush campaign advisor.
Reading a cnn.com article this morning about Mrs. Kerry's apology to Mrs. Bush, Karen Hughes is quoted to have said, in reference to women who don't work outside the home, "I think it's just unfortunate to try to disparage women who have made the choice of making their families a priority" (apparently spinning Mrs. Kerry's remarks like a tivoli ride.)
The part that bothers me is the implication that women who do work outside the home don't make their families a priority, and that these 'working' mothers are not disparaged.
Don't get me started. God, I don't even know where to begin!!!!
I know many "stay-at-home" mothers, and fathers, for that matter. And I know even more who "work-outside-the-home" parents. In my experience, there is no difference! Whether a child spends his or her day in another home with a caregiver, in a Montissori, in a day care facility, or with a nanny, or with his or her parent doesn't have anything at all to do with whether or not a mother is making her family a priority. It is not a part of the equation.
Good gravy! I can't think of a single time when I personally, as a parent who "works outside the home" has ever made a decision, personal or professional, that did not take into account first and foremost my family.
Now, on the other hand.... and I am speaking for myself of course, there are some things that do not find their way very high on the list of priorities... My laundry basket may overflow. My plants might not get watered as often as I they might get were I home during the day, passing by them 10 million times in an hour. The dust on the (especially high up) shelves in my house gathers to the point that it is visable from 10 feet away. At least.
I believe children whose mothers love them will always be the priority, regardless of where or with whom they each spend their day.
*Karen Hughes is a Bush campaign advisor.
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