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Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:15:49 EDT
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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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