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4.0 out of 5 stars More books like this needed, April 21 2004

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This review is from: It Takes A Village (Paperback)

Book Refreshing in Many Ways !
Reviewer: A reader from Wisconsin, USA
Hillary may have her political faults, but she does realize what America's most important priorities should be. If, as a nation we take care of our children, we will be able to start to clean up our culture. In the book, Clinton talks openly about the vulgarity on TV and in the movies and says more regulation and awareness is needed in the area. She says the government must be involved, which hard core republicans may disagree with, but
she also stresses (in so many words) that the government is us, and we must take responsibility for the children that we raise..some on an unhealthy diet of junk food, PlayStation and All Star Wrestling.
She also is strong in her opinion about changes needed in the Family Medical Leave Act. Her words ring true when she says
our culture focusses more on business production than on familyu development, in our get it now culture.

I wish more books like this would be attempted. I believe the family in many ways, is in crisis, and we must be man enough to face it. We need more brave, Harry Truman like democrats who are not afraid to face the facts.

Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"

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5.0 out of 5 stars Society would rather pay 10* as much 4 prisons then schools, Mar 16 2004

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This review is from: It Takes a Village (Hardcover)

Sociologist find it most frustrating for the fact they have empirical evidence on how to eliminate our most prominent social problems, yet our government does not consult them or value their research. Sociology reveals the factors that create social problems often based within the social institutions that the powerful control. This undermines their dominant ideology, and creates questions of what they have deemed normal and accepted. To point this out is often seen as un-American. The best hope for sociologist is to educate the public on their findings, and do so by publishing articles and books on the social issues. Even if it makes people uncomfortable reading about it, at least it gets them thinking about the issues, and hopefully demythologize peoples' beliefs of social life.
"It takes a village to raise a child." We should adopt social programs like that of Canada, Europe, and Scandinavia who support their countries as a whole with paid maternity leave, health care, retirement, and education. The trade offs far exceed the costs. It costs us increased rates in HMO costs, because 60% of hospitals earnings are written off in collections from the poor accessing emergency rooms. It costs us taxpayers $6000 a year to educate a poor child, but $60K to incarcerate them when their hopelessness leads to crime. But with our individualistic ideology we can not accept other ideas on how to effecitivly raise our children. It might not be your own child, but if you help raise them, you decrease the chances that child will vandalize your property, steal your car, or shoot you in a drive by shooting. The children are our future. It takes a village to support those single parents, working poor, dual earner low class families to raise their childen. Make children a priority and crime rates will decrease. Close the income gap between the rich (& government - those syphoning your taxes for war) and poor, , and give our American families a fighting chance.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Socialism is alive and well in Clintonville, Jun 22 2004

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What a total advocate for socialism! Hillary will always push for total Government control of all Americans from the cradle to the grave. She makes it very clear in this book that she expects the Government to do what is best for all citizens, and the ultimate product will be all citizens fitting into the same mold of admiration for her as President. I believe she sees her self as a benevolent dictator.

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2.0 out of 5 stars SOCIALISM?
The title of this book comes from an African proverb. It is based on the theory that a child is best raised by a caring community. Read more

Published on Jun 10 2004 by Steven R. Travers

1.0 out of 5 stars Utter Poppycock!
Fiddle faddle, I say, to this socialized notion of communal raising of children. The only child a village raises is the village idiot! Read more

Published on Jun 8 2004 by Kurt Pritz