Children’s author, Mem Fox, is reported as saying that society would look back on the trend of putting infants in child care and wonder "how could we have allowed that child abuse to happen". (SMH 1/9/08)
She continued:
Perhaps she is using hyperbole to make her point by calling childcare a form of abuse. But sometimes ideas need to be exaggerated for the point to be made. With the vehement rebuttal from working mums and childcare agencies I assume the point has been well made and has struck a nerve.
Working mothers feel the have no choice. They must work to make ends meet.
But do the really? Angela van Boxtel feels somewhat unsympathetic to their plight
This is coming from a woman who has four children and has made the necessary sacrifices so that her children get to grow up knowing their mother.
While Mem Fox’s call on childcare being a form of abuse is very gutsy it has more than an essence of truth. Children should grow up knowing their parents. Sticking them in childcare as early as six weeks is surely bad for the child and reeks of a lack of priorities. What higher priority is there than the child? As stated on this blog, children are a blessing and it's time to treat them like one. Childcare is a lazy option by those who are selfish and don’t want to sacrifice anything.
Fox is right. It’s as if they don’t even want the child at all.
She continued:
"I don't know why some people have children at all if they know that they can only take a few weeks off work," she told a Melbourne newspaper. "I know you want a child, and you have every right to want a child, but does the child want you if you are going to put it in child care at six weeks? I don't think the child wants you, to tell the honest truth." (SMH 1/9/08)
Perhaps she is using hyperbole to make her point by calling childcare a form of abuse. But sometimes ideas need to be exaggerated for the point to be made. With the vehement rebuttal from working mums and childcare agencies I assume the point has been well made and has struck a nerve.
Working mothers feel the have no choice. They must work to make ends meet.
More than two-thirds of working mums would rather be at home with their children. But for most it is not an option because they need a job just to make ends meet. (Daily Telegraph 26/8/08)
But do the really? Angela van Boxtel feels somewhat unsympathetic to their plight
Many women don't realise it, but the very simple answer to the question of balance for working mothers is this: be happy with less. (Daily Telegraph 27/8/08)
This is coming from a woman who has four children and has made the necessary sacrifices so that her children get to grow up knowing their mother.
While Mem Fox’s call on childcare being a form of abuse is very gutsy it has more than an essence of truth. Children should grow up knowing their parents. Sticking them in childcare as early as six weeks is surely bad for the child and reeks of a lack of priorities. What higher priority is there than the child? As stated on this blog, children are a blessing and it's time to treat them like one. Childcare is a lazy option by those who are selfish and don’t want to sacrifice anything.
Fox is right. It’s as if they don’t even want the child at all.
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