Who Will Rock the Cradle?

by Phyllis Schlafly

Who will control the raising of our children: the government or the family? What kind of care would children choose? Is a child's place in the home? Can changes in financial incentives of $1,000 a year make a difference in family choices. How can we cope with the modern epidemic of daycare diseases? Can the mother's role in the home be replaced? What is "quality" child care? These are some of the questions answered in Who Will Rock the Cradle?

300 pages, Paperback

First published February 19, 1990

About the author

Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016) was an American constitutional lawyer, conservative activist, and author.

She was known for her staunch social and political conservatism, her opposition to modern feminism, and her successful campaign against the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s.

Reviews

[Allison · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was written in 1989 and was a collection of talks given at conferences in 1988 and 1989 seemingly (to me) in response/opposition to the then pending national (US) legislation Act for Better Child Care which in essence was to establish subsidized daycare. It was a little odd to read something that was so obviously dated and I did wonder many times what the outcome of the bill was. Beside that, the collection of talks (by an economist, doctor, researcher, former daycare provider, policy analyst, lawyer, writers and a child developmentalist) were very pro the home being the best place for babies and young children which is nice and affirming to a stay at home mom. I marked 12 spots in the book as having good quotes and there's no way I'm going to get all those down here.