I really object to the way this story has been commented on. Just look at the title of the topic, "Surgeon General Says That 1/5 Americans Are Nuts" By saying that people with mental disorders are nuts, that really implies a lack of respect for their diseases. After all, people with mental disorders are really just going to the "shrink" just so they can have someone feel sorry for them, right? Nothing could be further from the truth. I suggest for a more realstic view that anyone go read about rates of sexual abuse of children, child neglect, and physical abuse. If you think clinical depression is funny, try it sometime. I thought that most/. readers were opened minded people, but this topic is filled with people posting who don't know what they're talking about, and are only open to the conventional wisdom. And that's part of the problem, according to the Surgeon General. The very wording of this post implies the "correct" opinion.
Your post is very subjective. "And women who brag about being 'empowered' while sloughing off their kids to day-care ought to be shot." What about the fathers? They are just as responsible for the well-being of the child as the mother. To imply that only women, i.e. mothers, are responsible to raise children is to earn a sexist badge. Grow up and greet reality. And as to your idea that day-care should not be used, I can understand. But only to a point. Most families must have both parents working in order to feed their children. This suggests that only rich people deserve to have children, which is ridiculous. If you want to solve this problem, try encouraging corporate america to share the wealth. The rich are rich enough.
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I really object to the way this story has been commented on. Just look at the title of the topic, "Surgeon General Says That 1/5 Americans Are Nuts" By saying that people with mental disorders are nuts, that really implies a lack of respect for their diseases. After all, people with mental disorders are really just going to the "shrink" just so they can have someone feel sorry for them, right? Nothing could be further from the truth. I suggest for a more realstic view that anyone go read about rates of sexual abuse of children, child neglect, and physical abuse. If you think clinical depression is funny, try it sometime. I thought that most /. readers were opened minded people, but this topic is filled with people posting who don't know what they're talking about, and are only open to the conventional wisdom. And that's part of the problem, according to the Surgeon General. The very wording of this post implies the "correct" opinion.
Your post is very subjective. "And women who brag about being 'empowered' while sloughing off their kids to day-care ought to be shot." What about the fathers? They are just as responsible for the well-being of the child as the mother. To imply that only women, i.e. mothers, are responsible to raise children is to earn a sexist badge. Grow up and greet reality. And as to your idea that day-care should not be used, I can understand. But only to a point. Most families must have both parents working in order to feed their children. This suggests that only rich people deserve to have children, which is ridiculous. If you want to solve this problem, try encouraging corporate america to share the wealth. The rich are rich enough.