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Originally Posted by Hope
I see a conflict going on between the culture of "every tub must sit on its on bottom" and "it takes a village." Is child raising the exclusinve responsibility of the parents, or does the extended family need to get involved or how about the village, a la Hillary Clinton?
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Great points. And the one above is quite important because both are correct.
We are all responsible, yet none of us can do it alone. The way we do our individual parts is of utmost importance. But the way we involve the extended family, the church, and/or the "village" is also important. We surely do not accept just any kind of help, but we risk great peril if we think that excluding it all is the way.
Somewhere in there is the truth. I cannot say that we found the best mix. It did work fairly well. Might it have been better? Probably so. Do I have any idea what I should have changed? Not really.