Sundown on the Ottawa River

Monday, February 18, 2008

A day off yeah! Now I wish I had a job.

I hope many families are enjoying this day off. Sometimes I think that every day off is like a vacation from insanity. Not that there's anything wrong with working hard, but in modern society it seems we idolize the motivated worker who spends 60 or more hours a week away from their family. I just wonder how we can expect to have well adjusted kids growing up, if they hardly ever see their parents. Of course it is admirable for people to work hard and pay for a home and put money away for their children's college tuition. I'm just wondering, what effect their absence has on their children's emotional and mental health. It isn't getting any easier for children growing up in a society that puts more interest on developing new technology than it does on solving social issues.

As Bobby might say;
The times they are a changin.

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