At 01:36 PM 9/12/2007, you wrote:
><http://www.babble.com/content/articles/columns/5minutetimeout/ralph-
>nader/index2.aspx>
>
>Q You praise your mother for not complaining about the work of
>raising kids. First, are you sure she didn't complain about it? And
>would that have been a problem? Are today's parents too whiny?
>
>A It was a different generation, they didn't complain. They knew it
>was part of the job — just like a doctor doesn't go to work and
>complain that they have to take care of patients. Mothers were active
>in the community, they were raising kids. These were fulfilling
>tasks. When the latest women's rights movement came on, [they] made a
>lot of homebound moms feel guilty or feel inferior, which I think was
>a big mistake by the Gloria Steinem types. They lost a large
>constituency that way. What they should have done was enlarge the
>function of staying home to include the neighborhood and the
>community and civic engagement. Where the people who have to go to
>work don't have time for that . . . What's the most important work?
>It's civic engagement by far — state, local, national, international
>level.
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