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A thing is "inflated expectations for parenting", another thing is the person who wrote the article which has three different jobs (she could easily drop two an
by yulaow 7y ago
A thing is "inflated expectations for parenting", another thing is the person who wrote the article which has three different jobs (she could easily drop two and still manage to bring home more than enough money, but she doesn't want to for selfish reasons... Which are totally ok if you are not a divorced parent of two very young kids) and, as she herself said, prioritize all of them over her children because she prefers that way.
- rayiner 7y agoThe “selfish” remark rings pretty hollow when you’re talking about someone that is literally spending her time freeing wrongfully convicted people. What Ms. Bazelon is doing is the opposite of selfish. She’s providing for her family, serving her profession, and serving her community. She’s teaching her kids good morals by example: hard work and service. What kind of terrible lesson would it be to her children if she taught them that their school camping trip was more important than those things?
- wishinghand 7y ago> What kind of terrible lesson would it be to her children if she taught them that their school camping trip was more important than those things? That you can rationalize anything to fit your choices.
- AstralStorm 7y agoThe more important part will the kids both understand it rationally and handle it emotionally. Nobody can really know that without being an oracle. Neither choice is clearly superior but one is considered natural and the other is not.
- refurb 7y agoIt’s still selfish because she is sacrificing her children’s upbringing to help wrongfully convicted people. Sacrificing some other person for a cause you believe in is certainly not a selfless act.
- zamfi 7y agoWhy do you think the kid is “sacrificed” by the parent pursuing meaningful-to-them work over attending a school event?