When both parents are compelled to work, it’s the children who pay the price

IS there a danger that as a result of the present investigative obsession with past abuses we could become indifferent and even blind to current injustices in our society?

When both parents are compelled to work, it’s the children who pay the price

It is widely accepted that the family is the natural cell of society and it is in the state’s best interest to invest in it and do all in its power to protect and enhance its development for the good of all humanity and social order.

I don’t think this is happening. The necessity of both young parents to seek work outside the home to make ends meet is a blatant injustice and an erosion of the fundamentals for the formation of emotionally secure, healthy young adults.

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