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To: Ilaine who wrote (66320)	12/12/1999 8:50:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

I was addressing that comment to the parents who leave their kids in some sort of care from 7am to 7pm. I doubt you do that, but if you do I wouldn't approve. I don't think that can be called raising children. That is paying someone else to raise them. That doesn't jibe with my values. But I am rigid, and not inclined to compromise on what I think is important. And I also think being home for your kids in high school and middle school is very important- I think they are extremely vulnerable at those ages and need to be watched and kept very busy. Even then you can't be absolutely sure they'll keep out of trouble- but excellent supervision and lots of activities (both of which require tremendous parental investments of time) really do help. I've met a lot of moms of older scouts- and they tell me their girls were really helped by scouting in highschool- even though membership has a huge drop off - the girls that stay in do really well. And we are aiming at having all our kids in marching band also. Again, a huge time sink in that every weekend is spent doing band stuff, BUT the rewards for your child seem to be awesome. Childrearing is certainly a gamble- but you CAN stack the odds in your favor. That is what I aim to do.