To RAISE them means being there. Mr. Mom apparently didn’t have enough time nor did Mom.
Nothing like absolutes. Mind posting the logs showing the amount of time the Palins spend with their kids?
Don’t need to. BOTH work. Mr. Mom has a less demanding role so it is safe to assume he’s there more often than Mom.
‘Being there’ is certainly critical, and it makes the important parts MUCH EASIER - but in and of itself, it’s not nearly enough. If that were the case, churched families with stay-at-home moms wouldn’t have NEARLY the issues they do. (Not to mention that would mean that all currently single-for-whatever-reason working moms would be automatically condemned to raising miscreants, with no hope of countering it.)
Yes, it is all about being there. Do you really believe that others raising the children of others are more effective? If yes, then explain why kids cry and are angry when dropped off at daycare and ask them why they HATE it there. The early years are so important and then comes the TEEN years which are also more challenging ... . I don’t codnemd the single working Mom but you have to admit it is NOT the ideal and this VP wasn’t forced to work full time.
I recommend this book...I think you’ll find that the reasons Christian kids have troubles go much deeper than simply measuring the amount of time they spend with someone standing over them.
I don’t need book recomendations. I have yet to see “Christian kids” as being more “troubled”. Studies indicate the opposite. I’m sure you mean well ... it’s just that role reversal, Mom working and not putting her kids FIRST are NOT our family values nor do they align with out Biblical beliefs. Our beliefs are those of being selfLESS when it comes to raising our kids.