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James Brody
April 2nd, 2007, 03:46 PM
Sandra Scarr and others introduced the concept of "good enough mother." Renee Syler and Karen Moline made it the title of their popular book, The Good Enough Mother: the Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting. Simon & Schuster, March 2007.

The authors find convenient truths --- Syler is a news anchor as well as a mother --- that reinstate African memories. Before daycare with certified staff we reared our youngsters in matrilines while mothers bent over stones and plants, digging and harvesting more calories than males produced by hunting.

We've done these things before and will do them some more.

JimB