There, I think I couldn't disagree more strongly -- respectfully, but strongly. Just to pick up on one thing... as a father, I think I have an obligation to protect my kids -- that's part of what I signed up for, and it seems to me to be a deal that's good for society, for them, and I would hope, for me. (And I think that protecting them involves a whole lot of things, including trying hard to teach them to be able to take care of themselves.)
But I don't think that that absolves their mother of a similar responsibility and, while I don't normally speak for her on political matters, I doubt she disagrees.
Now, I'll be happy to look around for the liberals who say that fathers shouldn't take care of their kids, but I won't find any, I think; I think it's a matter of both emphasis and prediction.
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Date: 2005-09-05 06:42 pm (UTC)But I don't think that that absolves their mother of a similar responsibility and, while I don't normally speak for her on political matters, I doubt she disagrees.
Now, I'll be happy to look around for the liberals who say that fathers shouldn't take care of their kids, but I won't find any, I think; I think it's a matter of both emphasis and prediction.