Hmmm....
After reading this, tell me what you think...
posted by Beth at 3:45 PM
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
About Me
- Name: Beth
- Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
I'm an ex-expat now! But I still have lots of musings about my experience in the Netherlands (where we lived for three years) and about adjusting to the USA (where we live and plan to continue living). We're still working overseas, mostly in Moldova. (It's a little known country in Eastern Europe.) So I'll have some fresh overseas experiences from time to time! Our family's heart is for the poor, and we work with development organizations like micro-finance organizations and NGOs to grow local businesses. Dan, my husband, and Rebecca, our daughter, are the lights of my life. And Jesus is the reason I do what we do.
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2 Comments:
Are we to assume that you are pointing this out to help us accept that your plan is to raise your family where kids are more inclined as announced by the social scientists to be feeling a better sense of well-being? I'm led to believe that the more society donates to raising kids the better off kids are going to be in a society like the smaller countries like Europe. Trying to do that here in the US as long as we have the vast socio-economic differences would be impossible. There in Holland where the state keeps watch on its people it is obviously much easier to raise the world's happiest children!
Not hinting at anything at all, but it is an interesting consideration. And yep, you're right the state control has a lot to do with it, but not everything. I mean, my goodness, a NURSE comes to the house for 7-10 days (usually) after a baby is born!
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