and you wonder why children are the way they are

My parents listened to talk radio when they used to have their own business (making hot tub covers), and at that time I felt a bit annoyed by having to listen to talk radio when I was working (Rush Limbaugh a bit boring when you're a teen). Dr. Laura (Schlessinger) wasn't so bad - she had some good ideas. She's on the radio here locally, as well as online on her home station in CA. I try to listen to Dr. Laura most every day now. It breaks up the monotony of work, and gives me something to think about.

On Thursday, I was listening to Dr. Laura and heard the following:

20 yr old girl writes in to dr laura of her co-worker who just came back after maternity leave. The girl asked the new mom how she felt leaving her baby and coming back to work. The co-worker said it was hard to leave her baby but the baby smiled when dropped off at the babysitter. (The baby's 1.5 months old!) Later in the day, the co-worker gets back from her lunch hour, and the girl asks how lunch was. The co-worker says she went home for lunch, and it was good. The girl questioned if co-worker stopped to see baby. Co-worker says no, it wouldn’t be good, it would only make the baby cry, and then the babysitter would have to deal with the crying baby.

The co-worker was more concerned with the babysitter dealing with a crying baby than with why the baby was crying.

It makes me sad. I understand that some people need to continue to work when they have children, only because they desperately need the money to survive. But I'm a firm believer in planning to have a child, and having some money set aside. I also strongly believe that the parents should work it out so that one of them is home with the child all the time. There is no reason that children should be brought up by other people, just because the parents didn't plan, or are too selfish/career-centered to stay home and raise their child. I really think it's horrible!