Word: childes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...program this year. Contraceptive devices and surgical sterilization are provided free in clinics throughout the country. Some 12,000 women, many drawn from the ranks of furanderas (herb doctors), have visited 60% of Mexico's remote villages. Roughly 40% of the country's 15 million women of child-bearing age have been persuaded to use some form of contraception. Although the Catholic church has not directly attacked the program, population control is resisted in some parts of Mexico. There are men who feel that having many children is a proof of virility. Village mores still dictate that girls should...
...silly and the metaphysical. Scott Spencer understands the territory well: its shimmering landscapes, its enclosing solipsism, the profound and dippy magic by which children suddenly acquire passion. In Endless Love, the mother of one such adolescent says in rueful retrospect: "We felt as if we'd given a child permission to experiment with a little chemistry set only to find she was an undiscovered genius-solving ancient alchemical riddles, bonding once incompatible molecules, filling the cellar with luminous smoke...
...they were pregnant. Rejiggering assignments because of pregnancy is a fact of life these days in the armed forces. Indeed, the pregnant soldier or sailor is becoming as common as the beer-bellied sergeant. At any given time, about 12% of the 130,000 U.S. military women are with child. While some oldtimers grumble that the armed forces are turning into a giant maternity ward, officers are struggling manfully to accommodate the pregnant. Says Vice Admiral Thor Hanson, staff director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "It will have to become a factor, like actuarial tables...
Despite the figures, frustration in dealing with military mothers comes out in charges that the women are inefficient or a danger to morale. "Pregnancy isn't a problem," said one Pentagon officer. "The women work up to the last minute. But child care is a problem, trying to do two jobs at once. When it comes time to get going, they can't do it on time." Another complaint: pregnancy irritates military men while bringing out their tenderness. Says one Army commander: "The guys will take care of a pregnant soldier-and at the same time resent...
...many underdeveloped countries, child labor is not looked upon as something unnatural or illegal. After spending a year in Bogota, Colombia, I grew accustomed to seeing young children, ages five to 15, roaming the streets, begging and stealing. A working child is seen as a step up from a young thief in a country that lacks the extensive welfare system we have here...