首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child. Last spring
Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child. Last spring
admin
2020-12-14
38
问题
Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child. Last spring one of the two, Australia, gave up the dubious distinction by establishing paid family leave starting in 2011. I wasn’t surprised when this didn’ t make the news here in the United States—we’ re now the only wealthy country without such a policy.
The United States does have one explicit family policy, the Family and Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993. It entitles workers to as much as 12 weeks’ unpaid leave for ease of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem. Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as "government-run personnel management" and a "dangerous precedent". In fact, every step of the way, as (usually) Democratic leaders have tried to introduce work-family balance measures into the law, business groups have been strongly opposed.
As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues, justifying parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, in some sense, society must pay for. In her book No Exit: What Parents Owe Their Children and What Society Owes Parents, she argues that parents are burdened in many ways in their lives: there is "no exit" when it comes to children. "Society expects—and needs—parents to provide their children with continuity of care, meaning the intensive, intimate care that human beings need to develop their intellectual, emotional and moral capabilities. And society expects—and needs—parents to persist in their roles for 18 years, or longer if needed."
While most parents do this out of love, there are public penalties for not providing care. What parents do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children’ s welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life-changing obligations society imposes. To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting; really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue (不断积累) to the whole of society as today’ s children become tomorrow’s productive citizenry (公民). In fact, by some estimates, the value of parental investments in children, investments of time and money (including lost wages), is equal to 20-30% of gross domestic product. If these investments generate huge social benefits—as they clearly do—the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer.
What is Professor Anne Alstott’ s argument for parental support?
选项
A、The cost of raising children in the U. S. has been growing.
B、Good parenting benefits society.
C、The U.S. should keep up with other developed countries.
D、Children need continuous care.
答案
B
解析
推断题。根据题干中的Anne Alstott可以定位到文中第三段第一句justifying parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that(要想使对父母的支持合法化,就必须首先把“家庭”定义为一项社会性的善举),从这句话可以看出家庭是一种社会善举,所以推导出良好的家庭教育对社会有益。A、C选项不是文章直接提出来的,D项是结论而非支持结论的原因,因此,正确答案是B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/GhBFFFFM
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
CountriesRushforUpperHandinAntarctica[A]Onaglacier-filledislandwithfjords(峡湾)andelephantseals,RussiahasbuiltAn
Manycurrentdiscussionsofimmigrationissuestalkaboutimmigrantsingeneral,asiftheywereabstractpeopleinanabstract
Manycurrentdiscussionsofimmigrationissuestalkaboutimmigrantsingeneral,asiftheywereabstractpeopleinanabstract
Let’sallstopjudgingpeoplewhotalktothemselves.Newresearchsaysthatthosewhocan’tseemtokeeptheirinnermonologues
Travelwebsiteshavebeenaroundsincethe1990s,whenExpedia,Travelocity,andotherholidaybookingsiteswerelaunched,allo
Travelwebsiteshavebeenaroundsincethe1990s,whenExpedia,Travelocity,andotherholidaybookingsiteswerelaunched,allo
Innovation,theelixir(灵丹妙药)ofprogress,hasalwayscostpeopletheirjobs.IntheIndustrialRevolutionhandweaverswere【C1】
A、Mothersabusetheirchildren.B、Peoplehavenodrinkingwater.C、PeopledrinktoomuchCoca-cola.D、Peopleliveinextremepov
Whatifwecouldreadthemindofaterrorist?ResearchersatNorthwesternUniversityinChicagosaytheyhavetakenastepclos
A、Learningaforeignlanguage.B、Doingcomparativeliterature.C、Writingpapers.D、Meetingwithprofessors.B
随机试题
1984年9月20日,《中华人民共和国药品管理法》正式实施。
支气管肺炎区别于支气管炎的关键是()。
A.软化点B.粒度C.耐热性D.赋形性E.溶出度《中国药典》规定,凝胶贴膏应检查()。
2016年2月26日,甲公司以账面价值为3000万元(未减值)、公允价值为3600万元的库存商品为对价自乙公司股东丙公司处取得对乙公司60%的股权,相关手续于当日办理完毕;当日乙公司可辨认净资产公允价值为6200万元,账面价值为5200万元。2016年3月
依法执政是中国共产党执政的基本方式。下列选项能够体现中国共产党依法执政的是()。
舆论热点的形成虽有偶然性,但也不排除其中有一定的规律,可以被人把握。所以我们也可以看到一些人为制造的热点,也可以看到自然形成的热点事件中某些人刻意在________。为什么会有人这么做呢?动机就在于利用政府的舆情应对机制,一旦舆论造起来,政府部门就要加以解
1927年,轰轰烈烈的大革命失败了。大革命失败给中国共产党最深刻的教训是()
设齐次线性方程组(2E-A)x=0有通解x=kξ1=k(-1,1,1)T,k是任意常数,其中A是二次型f(x1,x2,x3)=xTAx对应的矩阵,且r(A)=1.求二次型f(x1,x2,x3).
[*]
在SQLServer2000中,事务日志备份______。
最新回复
(
0
)