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Re: attachment parenting:
Expect me to plummet off the rails very soon! XD It seems that attachment parenting is as bad as taking up smoking. Darn stuff should come with a label! It did save my third sprog's little nekkid, helpless, infant life though. No amount of cubicle dwelling or reading trashy novels will ever be as useful as that. I can't imagine what might happen psychologically to someone who gave up their job or leisure time to care for an ailing or dying parent though. And in the absence of robots, I have to wonder if it's only affluent Americans who are too psychologically exquisite for caregiving. Presumably its OK for immigrants and minimum wage earners.
Third, it forces a woman to subordinate her life to her child's. While that sounds ethical to many people, it's actually awful from a feminist standpoint. Not only is motherhood the oldest and most well-established traditional anti-feminist gender role, but giving up things that one enjoys for the sake of one's children can lead to identity crises, resentment, and psychological issues down the line. It's just a terrible idea.
Expect me to plummet off the rails very soon! XD It seems that attachment parenting is as bad as taking up smoking. Darn stuff should come with a label! It did save my third sprog's little nekkid, helpless, infant life though. No amount of cubicle dwelling or reading trashy novels will ever be as useful as that. I can't imagine what might happen psychologically to someone who gave up their job or leisure time to care for an ailing or dying parent though. And in the absence of robots, I have to wonder if it's only affluent Americans who are too psychologically exquisite for caregiving. Presumably its OK for immigrants and minimum wage earners.
