there is no doubt that parental involvement is critical for kids, but think of the extraordinary number, in this day and age, of single mothers, broken families, welfare babies etc. etc. etc....beyond all that, you will send your child off to school at age 5 or so and then they are actually being nurtured by someone else.....The vast majority come out of this situation just fine.....some better than others, but overall pretty good. We have three sons, graduates of 2 state universities, one Catholic university, who are more conservative than Ronald Reagan. The influence of their family overcame the liberal nonsense that they were inundated with in school.. You can't babysit your kids forever....you raise them to the best of your ability and then send them out into the big bad world to fend for themselves.....if you did a good job, they will reward your efforts over and over again and you will FEEL FULFILLED...guaranteed!!!
Yes, one’s children are usually sent off to the care of others when they are old enough to go to school. At that point, however, the child has reached a different phase in his development. Those pre-school years are crucial in his socialization, which is best nurtured by his own mother. I did not mean to imply that a child cared for by paid strangers will not be successful in school and in business; his emotional development is the focus of my concern in this area.
Yes, there are examples of mothers who have no choice but to pay strangers to care for their children, but the vast majority of children in daycare are there because mommy wants to be “fulfilled” or the family cannot live without those brand new cars or fancy vaciations or a mcmansion. Being a full-time mother is the hardest job in the world, but it is also the most important job in the world.
I say that over and over on here. Eventually, they are going to have to go...out there.