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...complains, they're bilking the government by claiming exemptions for child care they use for socializing, demanding preferential treatment on the job, hogging more than their fair share of employee benefits, filing spurious lawsuits for ever more privileges, coming to work late or slipping out early, and belittling the childless colleagues who cover for them. In short, Burkett's parents behave like a bunch of badly brought-up brats. Childless adults, as she represents them, are mature, sensible--and exquisitely patient. Therein lies the chief weakness of this provocative book: a bifurcation of the human race into the selfish...
Which is too bad, since the case she makes does have merit. Burkett argues persuasively--though she won't convince everyone--that childless taxpayers should not be required to subsidize middle-class parents and children through a raft of recently legislated tax breaks, like $500-a-child credits. And, yes, companies that provide an array of family-friendly benefits (from child-care reimbursement to company scholarships) aimed solely at employees with children should revise their offerings to include all workers. It is similarly unjust to provide opportunities for leaves of absence, flextime and telecommuting exclusively on the basis of parental...
LOVE AND WORK For the many men and women who meet at work and marry, a Cornell University study may hold a suggestion: either have kids or change jobs. Researchers found that childless couples who work for the same employer tend to have a lower quality of life than either their counterparts with kids or couples who work for different employers. Without children to balance their lives, these nonparents were more prone to let negative work experiences, like job dissatisfaction and stress, invade their relationship...
...kids. A study in the February issue of the Journal of Marriage and the Family reveals that the risk of a marital breakup can increase as much as threefold when a mom works at night and sixfold when a dad does so. But there is no increased risk for childless couples, who do not have to juggle nighttime work obligations with daytime parenting...
...Vermont Supreme Court was right to see through a lower court ruling that held onto a concept of marriage linked only to procreation and child rearing. Many married couples are childless, and many same-sex couples have adopted children; there is no reason to grant benefits to one group and deny them to the other...