[HPFGU-OTChatter] moved from Main List: on not having children

[Melanie Black]

Cathy wrote:  ( I think it was you right, anyways) 
 
Drifting even further from my topic, I believe in *both* genetics 
*and* environment, causing me to have opinions which will offend 
EVERYONE. On such opinion: Women who hand their children over to be 
raised by a nanny are putting their child in the environment of the 
intelligence, education, mode of speech, table manners, religious 
beliefs, political beliefs, of a person who chose that line of work 
either because she obsessively adores being with children, or because 
she CAN'T get anything that pays better. (The same for men who turn 
their children over to be raised by wives, but at least the men are 
positioned to have some knowledge or their wives' behavior and 
opinions.) Result: double-bind. Women with good genes either withhold 
their good genes from the gene pool or submit themselves to a yucky 
life of childrearing.

My reply:
 
I am a senior Early Childhood teacher with a 3.6 grade point average and I am considering a career as a nanny.  Why?  Because I do indeed love children.  And I personally believe that a daycare, where I have worked the last few years, is not a very good place to raise a child.  If the children are not getting one on one care from their parents (or another child) they do in the very least deserve some one on one care.  
 
I believe childrearing is possibly the most complicated and interesting careers for a person to partake in.  I love watching little children when they start to walk or watching a two year old start to talk back to you.  Yes, I adore watching that because I see it differently than most people, I see them as growing their own personality.  It makes me smile seeing how smart they are becoming.  
 
I also think that things such as manners, basic literacy skills, and self-matinence things such as tying your shoes and potty training are very important.  
 
I personally enjoy working with children.  I think that early childhood educators have some of the hardest jobs in the world.  They are raising the future of our world.
 
Of course, for some of you this might be a scary thought.  But there are plenty of competent and educated women who want to work with children and want to have them.  
 
~Melanie


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