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Summary: A conservative book for conservative people
Review: When my mother gave birth to my brother in 1967, she quit college and began the most important job of her life - taking care of us full-time. She did not stop doing this job until my younger sister graduated high school in 1996. At that point, she returned to college and is working toward the career she always wanted.Although my mother says that it was HER CHOICE, I wonder why my father didn't have the desire to sacrifice his career to stay at home raising us. That question is what drew me to this book. I knew in advance that the author would take a very conservative stance -- reading on the book jacket I saw that feminists were termed 'women-hating', but I was hoping it would give me the answer to WHY so many women put aside their lives to raise their children but so few men are willing to do the same. Unfortunately, the author never touches on this point. A lawyer turned homemaker (I hate the term housewife), she rigidly tries convincing me that motherhood is my surest form of fulfillment. If you're a conservative, you'll love this book. However, you most likely already know and agree with her arguments so what's the point of reading what you already know? If you're a liberal, you'll hate this book. Howevever, you most likely already know and disagree with everything she'd have to say so why bother reading it? If you're in the middle, like me, you'll probably be left with many unanswered questions. I read that her husband is a law professor. I wish he'd written a chapter explaining why it was OK for her to stay home, but not him. If raising your children is the most important job one can do in their life, why aren't more men fighting to be the one to stay home and raise them???
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