@andyd: "The ALP, those crusaders of a thirty year campaign to have all children
raised in childcare centres and all parents in fulltime work, are now
beginning to turn around and blame parents for the current youth
generation's apparent lack of social respect.
Latham did it, Carr did it and now Beattie's laying the blame for a failed
social experiment at the feet of the guinea pigs who took part. These
people need to take a look at their own policies - current policies -
which are still aimed at reducing the role of parents in the family home
to one of provider and delivering "freedom" and authority (disguised as
"rights") to children raised in politically-correct, government-sanctioned
centres where discipline is discouraged and "self-expression" (once called
naughtiness) is fostered as a desirable character trait. 
Either they believe in parental responsibility or they don't. They can't
have it both ways.
Andy D."
    @rsteadman: "On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 04:14:26 GMT, "H Dickmann" <email_address>
wrote:
<quote>
I notice you don't mention that it was Howard who increased those
family payments (in real terms) for Centrelink mums to begin with,
compared to the previous ALP government. 
Let's not forget this boom in "single mothers" (to be more accurate
than "single parents") is thanks primarily to a Child Support Act that
rewards mothers who refuse to share custody with fathers, and a Family
Court long hostile to shared custody arrangements, thanks to it's
feminist-left origins.  
The "mess" we see young people today (and for the foreseeable future)
can be directly attributed to the "single mother" industry we have
developed in this country, and the continued hostility shown to
non-custodial fathers."
    @andyd: "<quote>
Yep, Howard's so-called family policy is a shameless pile of failed
hypocrisy. No argument there.
Andy D."
    @andyd: "<quote>
And that single parents were among Latham's family-policy losers. He
actually promised to support them by taking money away from their
families.
Andy D."
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