With all the efforts made by modern society to nurture and educate the young, how stupid it is to permit the mothers of young children to spend themselves in the coarser work of the world!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- It is wasteful for modern society to let mothers of young children do heavy labor despite educating the youth.
- In plain terms
- Society should not let mothers do hard work when they could care for children.
- What can you take from it?
- Protecting mothers' time benefits children and society.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does society value caregiving work?
- What support do parents need?
Another view
Not all mothers want to stay out of the workforce.
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