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What a beautiful day here today. 74 and sunny!

Just got back from scheduling an appointment with a new chiropractor. We didn't like the first one we tried and stopped going almost a year ago and I've missed it. So, we'll go tomorrow and see how it goes.

After we moved we decided to keep our doctors, but our PCP is retiring. So now we're trying to figure out whether we should find new docs or not. This area really needs another hospital. The nearest one is only 20 minutes away, but I've heard awful things about their ER (sounds like they're overwhelmed) so I'm hesitant to switch. The hospital we used before moving is 40 minutes away and all 3 of our doc practices are at that campus. Geez, moving involves more than just moving all our stuff.

Lounge Lizards / Misfits / Free Thinkers / Bohemians & the Forgotten :: Young at Heart Only

A much under looked term in the continuously evolving climate we live in ::

'pronatalism'

refers to the belief that there should be more births and promotes policies or personal values that encourage childbearing ..

These are policies, often implemented by governments, that aim to incentivize or encourage people to have more children. Examples include financial support for families, extended parental leave, and access to affordable childcare .. Pronatalism can also be linked to beliefs about women's roles and their societal worth, where motherhood is seen as a primary or defining aspect of a woman's identity ..
There are common threads that run thru this philosophy, none of which, IMO, seem particularly good, especially if you are a woman of child bearing age ..
Never heard of pronatalism, but everything seems to be assigned a name these days. I've read about countries like Russia and China giving strong incentives for women to have more babies. The population explosion isn't so important now? People are needed in the workforce to keep things humming.

These days our society accepts women in dual roles of mother and worker/professional careers. It's not easy, but many women do it now.

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Kroger is my main grocery place. I have not seen the robots. What does annoy me are the employees who are "shoppers" with their huge carts, doing orders for Kroger Pick Up. They take over the whole aisle, and lots of times, there are two in one aisle, making it difficult to maneuver. The good part of this is that these employees/shoppers know where everything is in the store.

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