On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:48:29 -0600, "Doug Brown"
wrote:

probably true but I fear there was precious little "raising" done by most
our my/our contemporaries. Too few people know or understand that "parent"
is both a noun and verb.


We hire a good number of people straight out of school.
Most of them do not reflect your view. The ratio is at least
as good as it was 20 years ago.