When I was waiting for my first child's arrival, I made the argument
that the parental is political. I was argued down by someone who
claimed that when people have kids they get insular and narcissistic,
caring only about their little family unit to the exclusion of the rest
of the world. I can't agree. I think there are many ways that
parenting raises political awareness and leads to a concern for the
welfare of others--especially the welfare of children not within our
families; with other parents' struggle to do a good job under all kinds
of economic, social and political duress; with the environmental health
of the world at large. But what about activism?This article in the Washington Post got me to wondering: is being a stay-at-home-parent conducive to activism?
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