Show ft rrr ' ' m p V rr r 'rrrllrrrTr'f‘rrrrrr rrr I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday March 26 1998 — Page 15 ' mom defends‘i choice -at- -home r '1 ' a " By Ann Landeri S 1 ' Creator! Svndteate Inc ' NouMDctfr - j you uie my letter you may print my name — 1DDOIAUNDW Natasha Wind in Camp Pendleton Calif DEAR RACHEL! received a tremendous mim- ber of letters from women win were furious with the divorcee who said “Staying home ii OK if you want your brain to go dead" Many who wrote described themselves college graduates PhDs and former executives with Fortune 500 companies I heard from a nuclear physicist a former com-chef in one of mercial airline pilot and a part-tim- e New Yoik’s swankiest restaurants All who wrote said they felt fortunate that they could stay at home until their children were In school One woman said "My mother was a top New Yoik model in the ’60s andsl never got over foe guilt of not being at home when I took my first steps I made Certain that v" DEAR ANN LANDERS: How could you tell MI Showed Him in Maryland" that her letter wae Va real upper"? She sounds to ’ FOR BETTER OR WORSE fWMOlfiERTWO u me like a hitter divorcee mufe She had been a housewife rwho needed her husbud's permission to spend money and had no idea how to balance a checkbook Now she ions her own business and jbalances four checkbooks She said "Staying home is OK if you want your brain to dead" Statement! like that give a bad name and it is simply not true mom and also a licensed RN I f didnothappraitome" stay-at-ho- me ' GILBERT ' ' LANDERS: I’ve been wanting to share something with you for a long time No one in all my neighbors who stay home are college my family ever knew about it bemuse I kept it to and they are putting their education to myself most important thing in the world — - while taking a lovely trip to celebrate aspedal ir children 'anniversary I happened to notice that jpyJtosband a letter I saw die first line It wu a He quickly tore it up and flushed it down the toilet I then asked him if he warded a divorce He said no Tb my credit 1 never deserve more than a few hours in the mentioned it again Several years later after his evening with their parents Studies show that those death I found a photograph of the woman among children who grow up with a parent his personal effects are less likely to abuse drugs commit crimes or ere- Our marriage lasted over SO years I want to tell ate a teenage pregnancy They also do better in all the women in your reading audience to take your v v : 'i school advice and ask themsdves that fiunous Ana landers r t A lot oCparents sacrifice extra money to be there question “Would I be better off with or without for their children In many cases it really doeshil did and decided it was bettertostay Dur-pa- y day-caand other to work what-witbusband’s final iDnesshe thanked me for all costa vmg jny work-relatr expenses (clothes dry drafting trans--" “foe good years we had tagetten ft was worth iL i 'V-portation a higher tax bracket) Mrs Vl Showed r AtPeacem Ifim” never mentiooed what her divorce and newly f I DEAR MIDWEST: have never reftdVed abetter discovered independence did for her children If compliment Thank you for letting me know stay-at-ho- in THE RAG BUDGET CUTS HAVE HIT FROM PROTECT OUR PROTECT HARD LUSER m FORCED TO OES FOR RESOURCES EXCELLENT! WE AARE COFFEE OUT OF THAT an ARLO AND JANIS stay-at-ho- y - hiut re ed tteMidwesLAr I Gould embedded needle cause pain? ' means of relief DEAR DR GOTT Ever since I took antibiotics Newspaper Entororiao Association for a lung infection I’ve noticed a black coating tai DEAR DR GOTT About my tongue While tins doesn’t hurt it alarms me hi I die past after requiring antibiotics I’ve often had a a year ago I began having white coating on my tongue but this is new My jshoulder pain Medicine didn’t help Eventually I had doctor says not to worry about iti sthat showed a broDEAR READER: The mouth contain! bacteria an X-rken needle deep in foe shouland yeasts which normally exist in a healthy com- -' der muscle At that point I petition: The bacteria prevent overgrowth of yeasts recalled having had intraand vice versa V" muscular injections several This delicate balance is oftea upset by antibiotics i for a serious The drugs kill large numbers of bacteria but do not doesn’t affect foie y easts a whit Consequently antibiotic believe that die needle in my shoulder is die cause! therapy is commonly associated with yeast infec- of my pain Should Ijuat accept this or see another tions ofthe mouth intestine and reproductive tract doctor? y ' v' -- VlV'' If you required a prolonged couree of antibiotic r DEAR READER: While no ore can if pmKihly the twlt My for me thmipy ywir Hack whether the broken needle in your shoulder is the ‘ While many cases of yeast overgrowth respond to cause of your pain Fd certainly be auspicious: two nonpresenption remedies such as lactobaciUut and two usually equals four products (containing harmless bacteria) some 111 were you Id check with a stugeon Foreign patients need to use prescription drop such as bodies are often difficult to find and remove at the i"syjalfcaiid-awalloMvcostatin & 1 wr- Your dodor is correct Given time it agrees to riafyeast balance is sure to return to e to make: p evert if y0U are concerned (or have'pi ! 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