May 13, 2006

EH - 104 : Mothers

"The task for all of us committed to these social-change movements is to see that we are one coalition in the larger politics of reconceptualization. Together we must demystify today's counterfeit priesthood of "puppet" leaders, and map and align our own energies with these larger-field forces and the energies that, in reality, drive our planet: the daily solar flux, which in turn drives our planetary weather system, the cycles of oxygen, of nitrogen, and of hydrogen, and plant photosynthesis that is our primary economic system."

This sounds like something Dr. Lenny might say, but the insight comes from Hazel Henderson in 1978. Kelpie Wilson describes the economic value of mother in an essay readying us for the greatest Hallmark holiday of them all, this sunday. My mother will be giving her regards to Broadway - we talked yesterday. Jan and Catarina suggested no drive Sunday's, like they had in the Netherlands. Drive to your mother's home, pick her up and drive to grandma's, then stay put. Even better - go today and return home monday and leave your car parked on Sunday.
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Anonymous said...

The piece you quoted also has this: "Perhaps we should pay mothers. A recent study found that a full-time stay-at-home mother would earn $134,121 a year if paid for all her work, and a mother who works outside the home would earn an extra $85,876 annually on top of her actual wages for the work she does at home."

I addressed this idea four years ago, and I still fail to see how this would improve the quality of mothering overall.

5/13/2006 6:09 PM

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