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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with his core premise—- it’s much better , in most cases, for a child to be raised by parents/grandparents vs daycare. Universal daycare is what is eww in this discussion. [/quote]

I do too.  Totally.

I would also like to point out that this audio is clearly edited... who knows what is spliced or missing.  And, it is an article from Salon, so that makes it even more questionable. 
Having said that, if advocating for having a grandparent assist with the care of a newborn infant is misogynistic, call me a misogynist.  I like when he pointed out that she could have just continued working and given some of her salary to help them out, but she chose to help with the care itself.  
And, I say this as someone who is currently in this exact position.... and I'm not Indian.  A grandmother who is lucky enough to help with the care of her grandchild during the critical first years of development.  I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.  [/quote]

That's wonderful but many grandparents are still working, many are infirm, many kids have moved far from home so the grandparents aren't there to help, my own parents have a little of both - my father is still working and my mother has a debilitating disease that would make it impossible for her to have helped even if the kids were still close by enough for them to help to the degree that daycare wouldn't have been necessary.

But it's nice that you've figured out all the secrets to life. 
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I think it would be a really nice policy to mandate for a one year sabbatical for any person who wants to take care of any other person- whether it is a child, parent, grandchild, partner, or even a friend.

Imagine how many people that would help, how many people wouldn’t be alone at the end of their lives, how many children would have a loving caregiver, how many unmarried people could have care from someone who loves them.

Still waiting for Republicans to propose this![/quote]

You mean go a year without pay but have your job held open while you're out? Sounds very doable. [/quote]

First of all, going for a year without pay is not doable for the vast majority of Americans.

Second of all, FMLA is 3 months without pay, not a year. And I don’t think it applies to anyone except parents are caregivers, not grandparents.

Third—the party fighting things line parental leave (forget paid parental leave), the child tax credit and other policies that would make it financially possible to take time off is.. not the Democrats.

If you look on the jobs and careers section of this board, a lot of right wing hate that Feds finally got paid parental leave— from the right wing.

If you want parents (not mothers and grandmothers— parents) to take a year off, make it a policy position, like Dems do. So *people, parents, grandparents* can do this and not lose their house and starve. And have their job protected.

Fourth— postmenopausal women?  Ewww. What a weirdo. Why does he care about my period so much? He spends so much time discussing whether I bleed each month. He wants me to report my periods, be restricted in what I can do if I miss one, care for my grandkids if they stop.  Just gross. [/quote]

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