[Pan_Yans Wife]

"We support caregiving in a Hallmark way, but what are we doing as a society to value it?"

I don't want Hallmark platitudes, I don't want a SS check... I want what my family already gives me... love and support on a daily basis.

If a woman marries and has children, is she doing this for the good of society, future financial security, a pat on the head from the socialists... or is she doing it for herself? I didn't think of society's demands on the day that I married, nor the days when my children were born. What I did think about what how my life had changed, because I had chosen the right course FOR ME!

Why aren't marriage and motherhood seen as their own rewards, anymore? Why let the liberal ideology steal the pride of motherhood away from us? Why give them an inch, for a SS benefit?

[SarahW]

I don't speak for you or anyone else, but *I* did it for the good of my family, and society in general and ony *lastly* myself.

I enjoyed working. I made a good salary, more (at the time) than my husband, and I liked the independance and financial security.

I think children are better off and society is better off if the mother stays home to care for her children. I even chose homeschooling because that's better for my child and for society