Hi B. I had a crash in my email, and lost the amount, etc, for the book for
the Swiss LC. Please resend. You can send the book to me. I will pay you.
Kathleen Bruce 3594 SOuth Road Williston Vt 05495
Thanks. K
At 04:15 AM 09/03/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I want to cast my vote in favor of accommodations in the workplace for
>children. I disagree that this constitutes some sort of plot to have work
>intrude more upon family time. It is a romantic notion to believe that the
>"normal" pattern of child care/family life is a mom in the home caring for
>her kids. That has only been true down through history for a certain subset
>of priviledged women. (Priviledged doesn't necessarily mean rich, either.
>I wasn't rich when I elected to stay home, but I knew I wouldn't starve and
>that I'd still have a roof over our heads if I quit my job). For most of
>human history most women have to work very hard just to survive, and even
>harder to insured that some of their children survived, too. It could
>easily be argued that the more "normal" pattern of mothering is access to
>one's children while working.
>
> That model could be incorporated into modern work places with very humane
>affects on our whole culture. It would result in less age segregation, more
>awareness of the needs of children, and flexible work patterns that allow
>for people to work outside rigid schedules and settings. Right now both my
>husband and I work from our home. We often work until midnight, but the
>trade-off is that we stay off the roads during rush hours, can take a half
>hour nap if we need one in the afternoon, and can often lunch together or
>linger over a cup of coffee in the morning. If one of our teens or young
>adult children need us, we can take a break to be available. His employer
>probably is getting more hours of work from him because there is a tendency
>to finish tasks that would otherwise be left at the office for the next day.
>The trade-off in civilizing our existence is well worth that fact.
>
> When I had my clinic open, I purposely situated it in spaces that
>accommodated my own children. Later, I even located it in a little house.
>My office manager often had her kids with her, and we easily worked around
>our children's needs. It wasn't always convenient, but I found that my
>willingness to be flexible created such tremendous loyalty that she was the
>best employee I ever saw. Everyone wins when we don't force people into
>just one model or solution. I'm for creative anarchy.
>
>Barbara Wilson-Clay BSEd, IBCLC
>Austin Lactation Associates
>http://www.lactnews.com
>
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