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The Crucial Importance of Stay-at-Home Wives
11/20/2014


Dr. Laura,

I thought you would be interested in this article by Charles Murray. - Stan


The Crucial Importance of Stay-at-Home Wives

"What's your schedule today?" I asked my wife a few minutes ago. Today, it starts with a trip into the nearby small city to do volunteer work for the local Literacy Council, which provides free English instruction for immigrants. That's today. Tomorrow, it will be one of a half-dozen other civic obligations she has chosen to take on. She's not unusual. In that crucially important reality-she's not unusual-is something that needs to be front and center when we talk about women who "stay at home." Better parental care is one of the benefits, but I think the effects on America's social capital are even more important. 

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Tags: Marriage, Parenting, Stay-at-Home Mom, Values
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