[proud American in Canada]

"Heard her one time trying to justify working full time with a handicapped child at home"

Though I may not agree with it, I am not criticizing Judy Woodruff's choice. That has got to be incredibly difficult, and possible only with a lot of money (to hire housekeepers, nannies, etc.).

I have some friends (women) with young kids who are professionals--architects, etc. They never stopped working when they had kids, just found day care as soon as a space opened.

I don't know how they do it. Their entire weekend is spent going to the cleaners, grocery store, doing laundry, cleaning the house, etc. There is no time for quality family time.

I have a law degree but just couldn't do the day care thing. And if I had had a child with a disability, I don't know...

There but for the grace of God, is all I can say.

[grassboots.org]

I actually heard Judy Woodruff the other night on the Schiavo case. I was pleasantly surprised to see that she didn't seem to be on Michael's side on this.

[OldFriend]

It was her own angst that she was discussing. His condition became life threatening at times but she still went to work.

I am not criticizing mothers who work, simply commenting on her story about her son.

When they did the program he was sitting there with the family with a very sullen look on his face.

IMO, she was exploiting a personal situation for her own reasons.