tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-836379088405065709.post3071892204290964006..comments2023-09-05T11:57:38.728-04:00Comments on My Perspective: More on MotheringCritiquerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788007492647988964noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-836379088405065709.post-9266464692526498312013-08-26T17:50:08.787-04:002013-08-26T17:50:08.787-04:00There are many mothers who teach and they are not ...There are many mothers who teach and they are not kollel wives but their children are deprived just the same. There is also the reality that tuitions for a large family can eat up one whole income and many tuition committees push women to work rather than ask for reductions. This is not the by-product of ostentatious living. Walk through any drugstore and see that most of the items on the shelves that make us comfortable or beautiful did not exist in the shtetel. Now try living today without deodorant, toothpaste, disposable products such as toilet paper, etc. Can children go to school with slates rather than paper or to college without laptops? How about refrigeration? We can't go back in time but people once survived without these things and now these things are considered necessities but these are costly necessities. Just living today incurs expenses that once did not exist. rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03750230430610565818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-836379088405065709.post-40802896862773183692013-08-26T01:51:58.706-04:002013-08-26T01:51:58.706-04:00I accept that if the Torah learning adversely affe...I accept that if the Torah learning adversely affects the children's bond with the mother, then it is wrong.<br /><br />However I find it noteworthy that the very story that you cite above seems to be an example of the idea that there are sometimes exceptions to this rule of never separating mothers from children for otherwise worthy endeavours, for as you relate, this female doctor was instructed to davka continue with her career despite the adverse effect on her children. But I guess that you will say that that case is an exception to the rule, and should not be viewed as the norm.Yehoishophot Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906934928426540018noreply@blogger.com