Cranky old Alberta Tory has the gall to dare suggest we bother to raise our kids.
I'm amused that such a statement could even be considered controversial. Quite frankly I agree with her 100%. Furthermore, I do believe that the spectacular growth in the number of two-income households since 1965 is quite possibly one of the most damaging social trends North America ever experienced.
Caveat: I don't care which gender or orientation it is, so long as SOMEBODY does it.
Yeah, that seems like it got a pretty weird reaction. I mean, you can disagree with her if you like, but she's entitled to her opinion and quite frankly, I agree with her too. I guess they are worried about it because government money for daycare is such a big issue in Canada.
I dunno, I mean, this is a really jerky thing for me to even suggest I understand, but... I get the impression that a lot of poor people in Canada wanna act like they aren't poor and even suggesting that their state of affairs is some how bad or undesirable is a horrible thing to do because you are apparently then saying that they themselves are bad and undesirable people or at least that they are doing bad and undesirable things to their children.
I find this to be a pretty assinine mindset. If you can afford to stay at home with your young children, you should. It's your responsibility and if that means a smaller house, less new clothes, whatever, then that's what you should do. You should live within your means and be a good parent and person rather than filling your pointless life with material goods that you don't even need. If you are too poor to stay at home with your kids when they are young then guess what, you are very poor and your life is hard and your children aren't gonna get raised 100% the best way possibly because mom and dad both have to work just to keep food on the table. Hopefully, you'll manage to get yourself a little more comfortable before too long, but for now you are poor and yelling at politicians for suggesting that doing something you yourself can't do would be good for your children isn't gonna help anything.