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Fred Langford

04/16/03 1:52 PM

#14975 RE: Tom K #14974

That is a terrible problem, I don't know...

Fred
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integrivest

04/16/03 1:54 PM

#14976 RE: Tom K #14974

Encouraging families rather than the "anything goes and every lifestyle is ok" liberalism, would be a very good start, imo.
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extelecom

04/16/03 2:01 PM

#14977 RE: Tom K #14974

Is it possible that some people just aren't fit and shouldn't have children at all no matter how you incent them? Maybe it should be decided what is and what isn't a fit parent before you start to discuss how to "incent" them?
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sarals

04/16/03 2:28 PM

#14986 RE: Tom K #14974

The problem is that there are millions of single parent households. How do you incent these parents to take more interest in their childern's academics?

I was a working single parent of 5 kids for many years. It wasn't a matter of apathy, it was a matter of hours in the day. I woke up early in the morning and didn't sit down until late at night. But I can tell you that when I had my kids in a private school, they did very well. And I believe the reasons were 1) small classrooms 2) small school that was like a community 3) lots of extra curricular activities for the kids 4) before and after school care. It cost me more than my house payment but was worth every cent. I was lucky in that I could afford it, most single moms cannot.

Maybe the public system could offer these same kinds of services based on ability to pay. Just something to think about.