tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post2660768543369343690..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: "Marriage is a dirty word?"Lindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-27681216324263620022017-01-29T20:25:43.883+13:002017-01-29T20:25:43.883+13:00Lindsay, its always heartening to receive unsolic...Lindsay, its always heartening to receive unsolicited support, from unexpected quarters.<br /><br />I wasn't going to respond, but after reading the entire article and especially the piece about kindergartens, I find myself hunched over my keyboard.<br /><br />For 25 years My much loved wife was involved in the kindergarten movement as both teacher and administrator and has always spoken passionately in support of the ethos outlined in the argument presented.<br /><br />Over the years we have been together, it has not been uncommon for Tigerlil to be accosted in the street by adults with children in tow, who proclaim themselves her ex pupils from their childhood years. They suggest, their reason for sending their own children to kindergarten is based on the positive role model Tigerlil presented as a teacher. Affirmation indeed.<br /><br />My wife has not been teaching for many years, but has been working at the coal face with at risk families, dealing with much of what gets discussed here on your blog.<br /><br />I was going to mention that Tigerlil and I have been married six times between the two of us, but I suspect thats a story best left for another time.<br /><br />Mark Wahlberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959889940311304180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-41166418041652229262017-01-29T09:35:20.205+13:002017-01-29T09:35:20.205+13:00All this is of course well known by those who foll...All this is of course well known by those who follow such topics. I've just finished reading "The Demon in Democracy" and "The Servile Mind" which puts a lot of the current attitudes towards groups such as Family First and indeed to much of current societal values/attitides into contextgranddadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151367745337298980noreply@blogger.com