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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (35407)	2/24/1999 4:12:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Its rare, but Dell and Amazon may be grateful for your help. Of course the technology will be obsolete and forgotten before we know it. <<if I had not worked on the Dell supply chain, and I had a kid, then motherhood would have been my number one accomplishment, but I did work on the Dell supply chain, which means if I had a child motherhood would be a #2 accomplishment for me.>> Poor kid. That about says it all. Enjoy your corporate rewards. BTW If you've got a moment when all is said and done; My kids, grandkids and their prodigy would like to discuss your feelings about success again.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (35407)	2/24/1999 6:15:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

I don't think it's necessary for people on the left or right (politicians among them) to play the "my mom's better than your mom" debate. It's hypocritical to shill for tax credits for stay-at-home moms while at the same time attacking AFDC and other supports for "welfare" moms. It also continues to muddy the tax code that all parties have done.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (35407)	2/25/1999 5:45:00 PM
From: nuke44	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

There is something to be said for the value of a full-time stay at home parent. This has been recognized by several nations as two career families have become the norm throughout the industrial world. One that comes to mind is Germany, where upon the birth of a child, the government pays either the mother or the father a "salary" to stay at home for the first five years of a child's life. I think it's important to point out that the government recognizes that both the mother and father bear an equal responsibility for the child. Of course this is all only made possible by a social welfare system that takes a sizeable chunk of every working person's income. It is also based on providing these benefits only to those who have worked and contributed into the revenue pool. While the absence of a stay at home parent is recognized by sociologists and psychologists as an important factor in various aspects of a child's behavior, from scholastic achievement to teen crime, it is not near as significant as the "phasing out" of the traditional nuclear family. We are only now just starting to understand the price that comes from almost one third of all children in this country today being raised in single parent homes. The most glaring statistic is the difference in crime rates between males raised in a home with no father figure and that of males raised in a traditional two parent home. There is even evidence to show that there is a difference between those raised in a home with both biological parents and those raised with step-parents. My one true regret in my Air Force career is that I was guilty of putting the Air Force and the "mission" ahead of my family's needs. I have two ex-wives that to this day say that that was what drove us apart. As my most recent ex told me. "We were married for nine years and you were gone for five of those". I told her as I'd told her predecessor that when she married me, she married the Air Force and if she couldn't understand that, then I guess she could leave. They both did. As a result, I have a 12 year old son that I am just now developing a strong father/son relationship with. His mother and I divorced when he was five and as he lived with her in her native England, our times together were limited to my twice yearly trips to the UK. He and his mom only recently moved to the U.S. He's a great kid. I have always supported him financially, but if I had one thing I would have changed in my life it would be to have been there for him, in the flesh, since he was born. I'm just thankful that I'm able to be there for him now. I can honestly say that I have been part of, and been witness to, some defining moments of history over the past 30 years, but nothing has ever given me the satisfaction or sense of accomplishment as just being Dad. (It actually gives me goose bumps, when I hear him say "Daddy" in that oh so proper English public school accent) So I'll have to differ with you on the relative importance of our various life accomplishments. If by their presence and guidance, a stay at home parent helps produce someone who is beneficial to society as opposed to a detriment, then they have outachieved a Nobel prize winner.