Lowered standards of achievement and behavior in schools
Fear that your child can’t even mention God or religion in school projects
Fewer mothers in the neighborhood means fewer kids for your kids to play with.
Lack of respect for parents as primary educators of their children
Worry about your children’s safety from school shootings or violent predators, fears largely unheard of by prior generations of mothers.
Too much bureaucracy and not enough service in institutions crucial to your family’s well-being, including schools, insurance companies and medical care.
The Culture Wars marginalize you for your decision to stay home with the kids. Do you ever:
Feel disrespected because you don’t have a “real” job?
Wonder whether you are wasting your education by staying home with pre-schoolers?
Worry about what you’d do if your husband left you?
Wish that someone outside your family appreciated your efforts?
Dr. Morse can help you because she understands your situation. A committed career woman before having children, Dr. Morse made the choice to reduce her work commitments and make marriage and motherhood her primary vocation. Her academic training and professional experience make her uniquely qualified to speak for you, the woman who sees marriage as a vocation and everything else as just a job.
How Dr. Morse can help you:
Her e-newsletter is filled with information and commentary on issues important to you.
Free downloadable articles, available for reprinting in local non-profit organizations such as church bulletins.
Her first book,Love and Economicsis a lyrical affirmation of the indispensable role mothers play in creating a sustainable, free and humane society.
Her latest book, Smart Sex: Finding Life-Long Love in a Hook-up Worldshows why marriage is cool and hook-ups are for losers. This book will help you make sense of some of the painful mistakes you may have made, and shows the path forward.
Her seminars, workshops and talks have inspired many women just like you. (if you live in Southern California, she may be available to speak to your group, at no charge!)
Her special page, Resources for Moms of Special Kids has links to helpful information about a variety of childhood disorders, disabilities, and difficulties.
On a daily basis, you face the destruction wrought by thirty years worth of attacks on the timeless values of marriage and merit.
THESE ARE ARTICLES BY DR J. THAT MAY BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO YOU:
In the modern world of consumer choice divorced from any moral grounding, family policy can seem hopelessly divisive. Some argue that “alternative family forms” are simply private lifestyle choices, comparable to our choices of curtains, cuisine or music.
Recently the California Second District Court of Appeals ruled that parents have no constitutional right to homeschool their children without state certification.
The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 was inspired by the desire to help mothers manage working and family emergencies. Like many well-intentioned laws, the FMLA has been plagued by unintended consequences
This article, published in the latest issue of Legatus Magazine, discusses a study conducted by a branch of Planned Parenthood. The study shows that there are various surprising factors that contribute to the effectiveness of
Statistics prove that contraceptive use is largely ineffective, yet the government uses more and more tax payer money to promote contraception through sex education programs.
"If you are dealing with a sweet, even-tempered child who wants to please, you can reason with them and they will comply. But there are some little stinkers who need something a little firmer."
The New York Times reported that marriage is phasing out while cohabiting is phasing in. Cohabitors fear the mistakes of their divorced parents. Sadly, they don’t realize that their behavior is heading them in the same direction.
Plan B, or the morning-after pill, may seem like the best thing since sliced bread, or, more accurately, condoms and the Pill. But women who use this method of "protection" regularly, especially exclusively, as their preferred form of birth control, may be headed for an unpleasant surprise.
Older women who have chosen since their early years to forgo lifelong relationships in pursuit of casual, non- commital sex are actually writing about it, and quite explicitly at that!
