On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:05:33 EST, Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>Dear Friends:
>    I was thinking that children give back to us what  we teach them. If we
>have parented in a distant fashion, and put them into  daycare and ignored
>their cries, we are teaching them. And one day, in the  future, when we are
>helpless because we are old, these children will give back  to us the
teachings we
>have given to them.
>    There is not enough money available (for most  people) to provide care
to
>babies or to the elderly that is as good as we  would want for ourselves.
>    warmly,
>
>Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE


I've heard these exact sentiments expressed by adult children, even before
their parents are elderly.  "Mom was never there for me, why should I put
myself out for her?"

-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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