[lbo-talk] It's pronounced "nuclear"...

[Jim Devine]

>Closing the "care gap" in families with young and school-aged children
typically means relying on a network of friends, paid caregivers and
extended kin. This reality clashes with the ideology of family
independence, a defining American value. <

it's absolutely true that such networks are crucial. But methinks that
this ideology of family independence isn't really a defining American
value. I don't know of anyone who denies the role of grandparents,
etc., in taking care of kids.

In fact, the Bushwhackers _want_ such networks. Instead of the "nanny
state" helping people (besides the Bushwhackers and their friends),
they should help each other. And bring in the church (or synagogue or
mosque) while you're at it.
JD