Dear Friends:
While people are still having babies, this survey is interesting. What
incentive or reward or value does a woman receive for having a baby today, in a
country where professional means "acting like a man."?
Only about 20% of women can make use of the Family Leave act.
warmly,
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By DAVID CRARY,
AP
NEW YORK (July 1) - The percentage of Americans who consider children "very
important" to a successful marriage has dropped sharply since 1990, and more
now cite the sharing of household chores as pivotal, according to a sweeping new
survey.
The Pew Research Center survey on marriage and parenting found that children
had fallen to eighth out of nine on a list of factors that people associate
with successful marriages -- well behind "sharing household chores," "good
housing," "adequate income," a "happy sexual relationship" and "faithfulness."
The survey also found that, by a margin of nearly 3-to-1, Americans say the
main purpose of marriage is the "mutual happiness and fulfillment" of adults
rather than the "bearing and raising of children."
Virginia Rutter, a sociology professor at Framingham (Mass.) State College
and board member of the Council on Contemporary Families, said the shifting
views may be linked in part to America's relative lack of family-friendly
workplace policies such as paid leave and subsidized child care.
"If we value families ... we need to change the circumstances they live in,"
she said, citing the challenges faced by young, two-earner couples as they
ponder having children.
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Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
_http://www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com/_
(http://www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com/)
www.myspace/AdonicaLee
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