tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post5506112255914701038..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: The Duties of ParentsJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-65570704699146971832008-09-25T17:04:00.000-05:002008-09-25T17:04:00.000-05:00Do you extend your "to each his own" attitude towa...Do you extend your "to each his own" attitude towards your children or do you take another ethical posture with them? I find that the more time I spend with people, independent of the degree of kinship involved, the more I take on the role of ethical <BR/>teacher (which involves dialogue and learning from the other too) or questioner of values. Since one of my sons is a friend who I see s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-8412176126430538972008-09-25T12:17:00.000-05:002008-09-25T12:17:00.000-05:00I know...very general. My book about the good lif...I know...very general. My book about the good life is full of gory details. It seems like there are particular roles that involve good-life engineering more than others--parent, teacher, legislator, for example. I suppose everyone's always modeling some notion of the good life to others, but I have pretty close to a "to each his own" attitude in my daily life.Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-64818146301999083712008-09-25T11:22:00.000-05:002008-09-25T11:22:00.000-05:00Hard to disagree with what you say, although it i...Hard to disagree with what you say, although it is a bit general. By the way, wouldn't putting others on track to live a good life, insofar as one can, be a duty one has towards everyone one runs into in this world, not just one's children? By that, I'm not referring to sermons (which have never changed anyone), but by setting an example.s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-71749757784937030142008-09-25T10:51:00.000-05:002008-09-25T10:51:00.000-05:00To put kids on track to live a good life, which me...To put kids on track to live a good life, which means parents may have to do a little philosophy--they need to have a conception of what the good life is.Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-18635801517619279632008-09-23T17:59:00.000-05:002008-09-23T17:59:00.000-05:00By the way, Jean, what, in your opinion, are ...By the way, Jean, what, in your opinion, are the duties of parents, besides the obvious ones, feed them, take them to the doctor and dentist, buy them shoes, etc.?s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-7795325294435066882008-09-09T10:56:00.000-05:002008-09-09T10:56:00.000-05:00Actually, relations between parents and children ...Actually, relations between parents and children are as varied and as impossible to calculate as any other type of human relationship. There are parents who are around too much, who suffocate; there are parents who are physically present, but never "there" for their children; there are parents who are absent, but become beloved and admired positive roles models; there are parents s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-71522633243595232722008-09-08T21:13:00.000-05:002008-09-08T21:13:00.000-05:00I think anybody with huge ambition of one sort or ...I think anybody with huge ambition of one sort or another is going to shortchange little kids to some degree, but if they don't totally destroy their homelife (as in John Edwards) or get killed on Everest, there can be benefits to kids of having a high-powered mom or dad later on. It's a pleasure watching Chelsea Clinton talk about her mother as "her hero."Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-34123181639253546602008-09-08T18:37:00.000-05:002008-09-08T18:37:00.000-05:00I doubt that Sarah changes the diapers. In any c...I doubt that Sarah changes the diapers. In any case, the ideal would be not only that both parents share the childcare, but also that society provide nursery care. As a working mother, Sarah should be fighting for free childcare centers for children, but I doubt that that is on her political platform. So, it's all a cynical show in which she pretends to be a dedicated mother, whens. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.com