Idolising Children?

A big thank-you to Sarah Kanowski whose piece addressing recent comments from Mem Fox shows we can take the childcare debate to a new space that is not about blame and guilt for mums.

She is right that fathers need to feature in the discussions about the decisions to put children into care, but we also need to recognise that the cost of the quality of childcare we should be demanding for our children is very high - and I’d love to see further research on the productivity value of childcare as a solution to workforce issues.

Early this week I identified that stay-at-home dads are beginning to get some attention, and if we are to shift to a society that recognises the importance of all of us “working to live” rather than “living to work and consume” these ideas and attitudes need to continue to  be more vocal and present in the debates.

It is beautifully written. What is this woman doing simply producing on the ABC!

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