OK, I know that the family and children is a horse that I like to ride but I am in the thick of it and both are subjects of lots of thought for me. So, forgive me if I have once again deviated from twinlet musings and family mayhem to post something of a more political nature.
Part of the reason for this posting is a BAD stomach flu that is running its course through our family and not allowing me much time for thoughtful and articulate writing. I think that we are almost finished (if my last head count is correct) although I'm not sure if Benjamin has really been through the throw-up wringer yet. The baby actually threw up in my hair this morning. The funny thing was that it didn't really bother me that much. Please God, mercy!
Anyway, this video provides food for thought about a topic that rarely lands in the mainstream media. When people comment on our family size one of my responses has been, "Well, you're looking at the future of your social fabric. You want medicare? You want your pension? Then you better hope that I'm having children." I once saw the demographic crisis discussed in the Editorial section of the city paper, but that's where it ended because it's a problem with a politically incorrect solution and runs contrary to the population bomb theory that so many of us have been raised on. So, what do you think?
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Oh, I really do hope you and the kids are on the mend, Elena. Thanks to the guy who invented washing machines!
Excellent video - have forwarded it on to a lot of contacts. Stay at home moms should definitely be on the payroll.
Mary, I was just thanking God for washing machines yesterday as I placed the umpteenth load of unsorted laundry into our front-end loader. I thought, "Oh my, women did this all by hand years ago and they had just as much to clean up." I'm sure that those women rest in peace now.
hey, are the little ones feeling better? little J just had projectile vomit, too. (he gets it a lot.) anyway i hope that you have a protracted spell of good health in your household!
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