Seeing my daughter enjoy such a wonderful relationship with first her son and then two more 24 hours a day, was a delight to see, but we both became aware of how other mothers were missing out. In the West a career is a prized possession for young women. They have been told that this is very important to have and also helps them have a well-off lifestyle and the ability to own their own house. The joy of motherhood is placed very much second. This means that little babies only a few months old are left with child minders from about 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. when the mother picks them up again both she and the baby are tired and the child put to bed soon with little interaction between them. What a way to bring up the next generation? To know that your company is so little prized can do nothing for the ego of the growing child. Is owning your house really worth this dreadful sacrifice? Especially as you do not really own your house, it belongs to the mortgage company. If you or someone near you is pondering how to look after their children urge them to actually be there for them 24/7 it will be well worth it.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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