> >
> > I've found this topic very interesting. I'm another middle-aged,
> feminist,
> > stay-at-home parent and moving in circles where the child's
> interests/needs
> > are automatically assumed to be paramount. It's salutory to be reminded
> > that it's not like that in even the more enlightened portion of the
> world.
> >
> > I think children are currently in the position women were in at the
turn
> > of the century; only allowed self-determination, property etc at the
whim
> > of the grown-ups. Great. No wonder so many of us take such a long time
to
> > grow into sympathy/empathy.
> >
> > At 23 I was only able to see in black and white, either/or. It's taken
a
> > long time for me to widen my spectrum but I am working on it. The first
> > step was probably when I stood outside the best local nursery and
> listened
> > to my child sob at his abandonment.
> >
> > I have been at home for 7 years now. During that time I became a
> > breastfeeding counsellor, the local coordinator for E.O. (the UK home
> > education network), I've written a novel, several short
> > stories(unpublishable:-)), taken night-school classes and recently
> started
> > working in a pub. I haven't risen to the top of a career. This is fine
by
> > me. I think the point is that our choices have to be valid for us and
our
> > families and that other people cannot judge the rightness of our
choice.
> >
> > How about someone writing a novel about the empowerment of children?
> > Completely, unbelievably utopian?
> >
> > Yvonne
PS Excuse all the arrows or whatever they're called. I've had a bit of
difficulty sending this and Luz has had her own personal copy. Oh to be
computer literate!
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