I totally comcur, but how might this be accompished? A culture-wide phenomenon might have to happen, eh?
Except is has got to be about more than just money...
Yes, a paradigm shift, of sorts, has to occur, Professor.
That's what my "Integration of Curriculum" professor really meant.
Our nation has to rethink how we take care to raise the "young child".
Doesn't mean that:
(a) all mothers MUST stay home and take care of their children full time
(b) Companies, and businesses MUST find the resources to educate those children under 4
(c) all public schools are bad apples and all private schools are green apples-there is a happy median certainly so
There is no one quick trick pony for all of this.
There has to a way to solve the problem, but sadly no one has understood the issue enough to care. My discussion with Dr. Laughlin was back in 1986! Nothin' has changed since....I remember thinking perhpas there was a light at the endof the tunnel in terms of awareness. Women were really starting to hit the work force in full force back then, and children were being placed in day care centers in record numbers.
Sure we provide for the women of this country, but we really don't provide the quality for the quiet ones....the little ones.
Women have every right to be president, if they want....they also have every right to be a mother at home (single or married)
It doesn't take a village to raise a child. It takes competent, caring educated parents to raise a child. (a Perfect world)
I firmly believe that is just as important to be raised by mommie, if not more so that to take the BABy Einstein IQ test...
What's wrong with staying at home during the formative years, interacting with a neighborhood of kids, participating in organized events provided by organized, loving parents? Ex: playing ball, reading, producing mini plays in a neighborhood garage, art classes by artist moms, taffy pulls at once house.
It takes thoughtful parents, and wise moms to organize a QUALITY raising, as we had as young children.
Who has that now?
Some...Perhaps some, like yourself, prof....folks who homeschool their children.....not always an easy thing to do for most. Many hoops to jump through, issues of socialization, competent parents who are willing to learn how to teach a child. Not as easy as it sounds.....Not to mention that religious values are a huge reason for homeschooling these days.
It takes focus on what is important.
Just a NOTE:
I bitched the other night about the "theater people".....frankly, it was a pleasing experience to watch the Golden Globes sans the glitz and hype. Sit home, theater people....receive your "grade", and move on to ACT. It's our job.
I am becoming a bit of a leftist...sorry to say, when it comes to some issues. This nation is far to selfish, and hungry for an audience.
That audience starts out by following the "idol" adoringly until that idol decides she/he has had enough....thus killing self or falling on the stage of fire, ready to burn at the expense of the greed for glitz. Not right. (my leftish rant)
Anyway, we must shift our focus towards children, lest we find ourselves in a state of no return both economically and socially.
