AN ITALIAN MOTHER WROTE A LETTER TO GELMINI
Dear Minister Gelmini, the other day, reading his interview in the Corriere della Sera, in which he declared that the compulsory leave after childbirth is a privilege, I was basita.Che she was little climbing on the problems of education, was not necessary degree in pedagogy, which I own, and not you, or the three post-graduate courses, which I own, and not you, given what is combining the state school. But at least he hoped the legal, as her lawyer and I no.Certo, since you are now a champion of regionalization, it is enabled in "free zone" (this of Reggio Calabria), because it is easier (as you with a ' embarrassing naivete and innocence asserted), it could be assumed. And then, before I make a little lesson in law and then we talk about education. The abstention after birth, over which she now jokes so lightly, it is mandatory and is defined as a right inalienable provided by those laws, so women much smarter than you and me, who fought valiantly in defense of workers madri.Discorso different is the parental leave, which can be taken after three months of a child's life , for a total of 180g, only partially paid in full. Obviously, for people like her with an income of over € 150,000 a year, almost equal to that of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to discuss salary, in this case more than a privilege, it is heresy. Obviously you can not imagine because they can afford nannies, tatin, nest "business" to the prosecutor, but ordinary people to understand that she says, has to do with endless queues to insufficient nests and baby-sitting costs exceed those of their retribuzione.Voglio tell you one thing, however, aware that my statements caused most of its hype, BY EDUCATIONAL and experts, say that benefit of the abstention COMPULSORY only a right is also a duty, first of all moral and even then sociale.Come see I have repeatedly emphasized the word compulsory, which already in itself should suggest something. But I'd better explain, even if you need a small premise doverosa.Lei as many women believe that being a mother, although in his case a few days, give her the power to talk and pontificate on education and child development, to which great scholars have devoted years of study. In fact, debate on education, now more properly called Science of Education, must have specific skills, from his statement that she does not seem possedere.Le I could talk about attachment theory of Bowlby, imprinting and ethology, but I do not want to confuse the ideas and then have recourse to examples accessibili.Basta look at the animal kingdom to realize how the females of all species do not stray from the puppies and devote their maximum attention and care until weaning is not a specific law relating to humans, but the whole of nature. Procreate, in fact, involves specific responsibilities, is a choice of life, that if you change animal behavior, LESS REASON FOR CHANGE THE LIFE OF A DONNA.Sbaglia who believes that the arrival of a child, does not lead to changes in their lives. A child does not ask to be born, have a child is not a whim to take off, but a choice of service, the gift of themselves and also of their time. Are not the children that must fit into our lives, we who must change to make it to suit them. If we do this, we could make raising children alone, without self-esteem and little self-confidence. Children hungry for attention, because he did not care was given enough when they had greatest need, ie the first months of life. The idea that they do not understand anything, that For example, do not perceive the difference between a mother's womb and a bottle of the nanny, is ours alone. This does not mean that all bottle fed babies, or that all children with parents who return to work immediately, they will be misfits. But we must do our best to make them grow well, as when taking the folic acid in pregnancy to prevent the "spina bifida." Children have a clear perception, already in the womb. The idea that if you do not have to cry in his arms "because they are accustomed to arms," \u200b\u200bis a place comune.Le "habits" are coming after 6 months, until then it's all love. It is no coincidence that recent studies, rehabilitate the co-sleeping (sleeping in Latvian) and best pediatricians support the choice of breastfeeding on demand. The framing will educate children as soldiers, since the first days of life, is not only antisocial, because a generation raised without respect for its pace of growth may be unavoidably affected, but behavior is outside the most basic human rules naturali.Poi and it is also true that many women return to work immediately after childbirth is an absolute necessity. But for this problem the state should intervene appropriately and not by saying things like sue.Mi realize that her work allows her to leave the child, interviews of this kind (which we did not feel the need) and easy to get back with her daughter. But there are jobs that require time and a physical and mental fatigue that she does not know. Time that would inevitably be taken to a baby who needs a mother "fresh", which devotes the greatest women attenzione.Noi fact, they often need to live our lives as Wonder Woman, then we are affected by syndrome over affaticamento.E not it is true that it is important to the quality, not quantity: - because the quality of time a mother a few days, which fall in the meat grinder of the daily routine, adding the burden of managing a baby may be compromised because a child .- should not choose between quality and quantity, at least in the early months, should have both cose.Per not to mention the fact that if a parent can not afford someone to hold your baby at home, during the movement, exposes, with a wealth still immune deficient, or to weather the inevitable possibility of contamination present in a nest. Indeed, it is scientifically proven that children who go to the nest too early, or who are not breastfed are more likely to become ill, with economic loss for both families and the system sanitario.Poi for charity, one could argue that there are children who become ill at home, or as happens in breastfed babies, but it's like telling a doctor, who has since grandfather was a smoker the 100 years, is not it true that smoking is male.Bisogna therefore encourage virtuous behavior by a parent, even with the knowledge that children are not math, but you can do much to foster a harmonious growth, already from early childhood or even during the gravidanza.E then ask the Minister, to carry out its institutional role more seriously, trying to avoid statements out of place like this or like that "studying is not so important ", taking as Renzo Bossi esempio.Si should engage more in analyzing problems, to avoid damaging misjudgments and positions for her, for others and for Paese.Perché maybe someone might have thought that after all his ministry was a minor, if led by a young minister with no specific skills, "could cause great damage," especially blindly obeying the dictates of the Treasury, but with her its presumption of wanting to talk about things that do not know, is helping to undermine the future of an entire generazione.Un 'last thing, she privileges they will be well, being a politician, uses it with greater modesty this parola.05 -05-10 Rosalinda Gianguzzi