[SauronOfMordor]

the government should put in place policies to enable mothers to stay at home with their babies

That's easy. Eliminate welfare and all other government social programs. Force women to either (A) not have babies they can't afford to raise by themselves, or (B) marry a stable man who will support them, and do what's necessary to keep him interested in sticking around and continuing to support them

[RMDupree]

Force women to either (A) not have babies they can't afford to raise by themselves,

Force us not to have babies we can't afford by ourselves, Sauron? And if we're married when we decide to have them and then suddenly we're not married anymore?

or (B) marry a stable man who will support them, and do what's necessary to keep him interested in sticking around and continuing to support them

Just out of curiousity, what do you consider "doing what is necessary"? Just how much is a woman supposed to tolerate?

[Politicalmom]

Wow. You must have a low opinion of "men".

Sounds like only women have any sense of responsibility and "men" are animal-like beasts with short attention spans.

[zip]

Force women to either (A) not have babies they can't afford to raise by themselves, or (B) marry a stable man who will support them

Excellent comment. It's very basic, intelligent reasoning. I've seen so many babies whose parents can't afford them so they whine about the gov'ment not doing enough for the poor and how the "establishment" wants to get rid of the poor people. Well DUH. As to (B) if hormones dictate who marries (or as it is now, has children out of wedlock) then there isn't much hope for a stable marriage.

I get so tired of hearing how the gov'ment won't take care of the "poor" and whining about white males having everything handed to them. I worked 40 hours a week to go to 3 years of college and finished by using the GI Bill for education. No one gave me anything. So maybe I'm cold hearted but everyone starts out the same, it's just some people work.