Tax Subsidy for Parents
I never expected to be in agreement with former Los Angeles Police Chief Davis about anything. But he is absolutely right.
The child-rearing expert Selma Fraiberg, said: “Love-starved children are likely to become bondless, hollow men and women who contribute largely to the criminal population. Their non-attachment leaves a void in that area of personality where conscience can be. When there are no human attachments there can be no conscience. The potential for violence is far greater among these bondless men and women. We must look upon a baby deprived of human partners as a baby in deadly peril. This is a baby who is being robbed of his humanity.”
The best child-care agency cannot meet a child’s need for one-on-one, constantly available parenting from either gender.
HELEN COLTON
Los Angeles
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