{"id":132086,"date":"2026-05-15T05:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/phyllis-schlafly-was-right-america-must-put-babies-and-mothers-first-132086"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:00:13","slug":"phyllis-schlafly-was-right-america-must-put-babies-and-mothers-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/phyllis-schlafly-was-right-america-must-put-babies-and-mothers-first-132086","title":{"rendered":"Phyllis Schlafly was right: America must put babies and mothers first"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Feminism has changed the way women think, and it has changed the way men think, but the trouble is, it hasn’t changed the attitudes of babies at all,”\u00a0said my mother, Phyllis Schlafly.\u00a0I am so fortunate that my mother put babies first. In the 1960s and 1970s, a new ideology was fashionable: that women do not need or<\/a> want\u00a0either\u00a0men or babies. Phyllis Schlafly lived a fulfilling life centered on her husband and children; which was in stark opposition to the idea that single women are happier\u00a0alone.<\/p>\n

I am so happy that she did put babies at the center of the conversation, because, as her child, I was the beneficiary of her putting babies first.<\/p>\n

The current birth dearth<\/a> is not due to lack of government money; it is due to a culture that tells young women\u00a0to put career first and\u00a0that men are expendable. Today, 40% of\u00a0births in the United States are without the benefit of marriage. And marriage is definitely a benefit for the child. Children who are raised with a mother and a father married to each other are the most privileged group in America. These children are more likely to finish school, get employed,\u00a0earn more money, be happier and healthier,\u00a0and\u00a0also to\u00a0start their own families.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MORE AND MORE GEN Z WOMEN SAY THEY DON\u2019T WANT KIDS. AS A YOUNG MOM, HERE\u2019S WHAT THEY GET WRONG<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Intact families should be celebrated, not economically punished by bad tax policies. A true choice for mothers is the choice to nurture their own children, not to succumb to the economic and social pressures<\/a>\u00a0for them\u00a0to farm them out to\u00a0institutional day care. Mothers should never be economically punished for raising their own children.<\/p>\n

Babies were always\u00a0the\u00a0first priority\u00a0for Phyllis Schlafly. She\u00a0especially\u00a0liked to talk to babies. Whenever she saw a baby or toddler in public, she would immediately engage in an active conversation with the child.\u00a0Today, digital interactions have replaced much face-to-face communications\u00a0and our daily spoken word count has diminished. Texting is a poor substitute for talking! Babies need to hear a rich variety of words in order to develop speech, especially the sound and inflection of their own mother\u2019s voice.\u00a0Institutional day care cannot provide the same vibrant, nurturing chatter that comes from a mother.<\/p>\n

Phyllis Schlafly rightly saw that\u00a0feminist ideology devalued motherhood. She started an award for the Full-time Homemaker of the Year to honor women who prioritize their babies. Phyllis asked: would you rather be in an office instructed by a boss or managing your household from your own kitchen? She rejected the phrase “working mothers” to describe employed women, because, as she said, “all mothers work all the time”.<\/p>\n

The concept of taxpayer-paid\u00a0day care\u00a0for young children reflects a misplaced\u00a0understanding of who is responsible for their care. Young children want and need their parents<\/a>, not a nanny state, to look after them. Government welfare programs encourage the disintegration of the\u00a0family by leading mothers to seek government support rather than support from fathers. Subsidized day care can undermine the family unit by diminishing the provider’s role in the home. Americans consider whether it is wise policy to encourage mothers to leave their babies with government employees. What most mothers desire in paid work is to work inside their home or to work a flexible schedule that allows them to prioritize their family.<\/p>\n

At Eagle Forum, we believe in public and private virtue, meaning taxpayer money should be spent wisely and families should have control over their own households. If Congress truly wanted to help families, it should increase the dependent deduction<\/a> on income taxes. Those savings would directly benefit families, without routing taxpayer money through a government intermediary.<\/p>\n

Here is who loses under taxpayer-paid babysitting:<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The child loses<\/i>\u00a0because what the child most wants is mother care, not day care. Day care may be expensive, but mother care is priceless.<\/p>\n

The mother loses<\/i>\u00a0because no one cares more about her child than she does. The day care worker can never be emotionally invested in the welfare of the child.<\/p>\n

The day care workers lose<\/i>\u00a0because wages are still low. Increasing the supply of day care will not raise workers\u2019 wages.<\/p>\n

The taxpayers lose<\/i>\u00a0because when the government pays, prices rise (as we have seen in the ever-rising prices<\/a> of college education and health care). The subsidies will ensure that the day care businesses can raise their prices without losing customers.<\/p>\n

Stay-at-home mothers lose<\/i>\u00a0as they do not receive any subsidy for choosing to remain at home and raise their own children. They have resisted the social pressure to return to paid employment and place their children in institutional babysitting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, there are some winners under\u00a0taxpayer-paid babysitting:<\/p>\n

Day care bureaucrats win<\/i>\u00a0because they can expand their business models. As in education, additional government funding often goes to administration rather than workers. Instead of supporting small family-run daycares, the industry will shift toward larger, institutional services.<\/p>\n

Politicians win<\/i>\u00a0by pretending to give money to the people.<\/p>\n

No\u00a0job is more vital than motherhood.\u00a0We honor all mothers who choose this important job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/phyllis-schlafly-right-america-must-put-babies-mothers-first <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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