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FILENAME:	4876_1165_1447
TOPIC#:		323
DATE:		920430
TRANSCRIBER:	nk
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NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
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STATIC_ON_A:	1
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sd          A.1 utt1:  <Clicking> {D Well } I haven't had an awful lot of, {F uh, } incidents regarding child care.  /
sd          A.1 utt2:  When my two year old was in New Orleans, she got bit on the cheek  /
sd          A.1 utt3: [ {C and, } + {F uh, } {C but, } ]  {F uh, } that's about [ [ the, + the, ] + {F uh, } the ] extent of it. /  

x          B.2 utt1:  <Hum> <laughter>.   

%          A.3 utt1: [ [ {C But, } + {C but, } ] + {C but } ] when, - /
sd          A.3 utt2: I really [ am, + [ a-, + ] am ] concerned [ about is + ] that, {F uh, } so  many of these child care places [ are, + are ] coming under, {F uh, } {F uh, } {D you know, } investigation [ for, + for, ] {F uh, } {D you know, } child molestation. /  

b          B.4 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.5 utt1: [ [ {C And } I, + {C and } I, ] + {C and } I'm ] saying to myself, {D well, } {D you know, } [ y-, + you ] dump [ [ your, + your, ] + your ] little turnip off to, {F uh, } {D you know, } this child care place  /
sd          A.5 utt2: {C and } they don't pay very much  /
sd          A.5 utt3: {C and } [ [ w-, + why, ] + why ] would they be interested [ in, + in ] your little turnip unless, {D you know, } one of the motivations in the hidden agenda is {D well } that's somebody to molest, # {D you know. } # /  

b          B.6 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sv          A.7 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } that's a terrible kind of thing  /
sd          A.7 utt2: {C and } I don't think my children have ever been subject to that  /
sd          A.7 utt3: {C but } my wife didn't work  /
sd          A.7 utt4: {C and so } we really didn't have that much exposure to it. /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd          B.8 utt2:  {D Well } I am a working mother <laughter>.  /
sd          B.8 utt3: I have three children  /
sd          B.8 utt4: {C and } my children, [ since I, + {F uh, } since ] they were very young, - /
sd          B.8 utt5: I've had various, {F um, } different alternatives, child care arrangements  /
sd          B.8 utt6: {C and } like most working mothers <laughter> I'm really not defensive about it.  /
sd          B.8 utt7:  I personally feel, {F uh, } in our particular situation, I'm a much better mother when I work out of the home  /
sd          B.8 utt8: {C and } my kids, I think, are [ very, + very ] secure, well raised children.  /
sd          B.8 utt9:  My comment on this is that we paid an absolute fortune <laughter> --   

b          A.9 utt1:  Huh. /  

+          B.10 utt1:  -- over the years for a variety of opportunities.  /
%          B.10 utt2:  {C So } [ [ I, + I, ] + I, ] e-, - /
sv          B.10 utt3: {D you know, } it is a problem.  /
sv          B.10 utt4: [ {C And, } +  {C but } ] as you pointed out, [ I, + I ] think the real problem is the low pay child facilities  /
sv          B.10 utt5: {C and } that is sometimes what some women who have to work, that is all they can afford.  /
sd          B.10 utt6:  When our children were very young, we had [ a  pay, + a live in paid  ] baby-sitter that --   

b          A.11 utt1:  Huh. /  

+          B.12 utt1:  -- was wonderful.  /
sd          B.12 utt2:  {C And then } as they got older, they went to, {F uh, } I preferred to call them schools  /
sd          B.12 utt3: {C and } they were really all day preschools  /
sd          B.12 utt4: {C and } they were wonderful.  /
sd          B.12 utt5: {C And } I think they got exposed to a lot of neat things. /  

ba          A.13 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D well } that's interesting. /  

sd          B.14 utt1:  {C But } [ we did, + we really truly did ] pay a fortune.  /
sd          B.14 utt2:  {E I mean } we were paying <swallowing> at one point, {D well } [ [ about, + about a, ] + close, about ] five hundred dollars a week for two children. /  

ba          A.15 utt1:  {F Oh, } my God. /  

%          B.16 utt1:  # {D So. }  # -/  

sv          A.17 utt1:  # {D Well } # you must have [ a, + ] just one hero ace professional job to support something like that. /  

%          B.18 utt1:  <Laughter>  {D Well, } I mus-, - /
sd          B.18 utt2: I'm a physician.  # {F Uh } # --    

ba          A.19 utt1:  # {F Oh, } # {D well, } yeah <snorting>. /  

+          B.20 utt1:  -- [ and, + ] as is my husband.  /
sd          B.20 utt2: [ {C And, } +  {C and } ] I felt, {F uh, } very good about working.  /
sd          B.20 utt3: I'm a pediatrician {D actually. } /  

b          A.21 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.22 utt1:  [ {C So, } + {F uh, } {C but } ] I think there are some wonderful child care opportunities out there for children  /
sd          B.22 utt2: [ {C but, } + {C and } ] we all know the kind of things that you're supposed to look for.  # I think, # /  

ar          A.23 utt1:  # {D Well, } [ not, + # not ] all of us.  /
sd          A.23 utt2: {D You know } what the kind of things # you're supposed to look for. # /  

x          B.24 utt1:  # <Laughter>. #   

sd          A.25 utt1:  I'm an engineer. /  

%          B.26 utt1:  {F Oh. }  # {D Well } # -- -/  

%          A.27 utt1:  # {C And, }  # -/  

sv          B.28 utt1:  -- I think it's real important that you have a place that,  first of all parents have a lot of input into and that they're always welcome and that they have a lot of activities where parents come in during the day and that at any time you can drop in.  /
sd          B.28 utt2:  {C And } we had a really wonderful arrangement, {F uh, }  /
sd          B.28 utt3: I'm with the university {D actually } -- /  

b          A.29 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.30 utt1:  -- {C and } they had a wonderful, {F uh, } program that started at age three  /
sd          B.30 utt2: {C and } it was about a block away from the hospital where I work.  /
sd          B.30 utt3:  {C And so, } many times, at lunchtime, I would go over and visit the children and eat with them and see what they were doing.  /
sd          B.30 utt4: {C And } they had wonderful, - /
sd          B.30 utt5: they had things like gardens and lots of pets  /
sd          B.30 utt6: {C and } [ just, + ] they had a four to one --   

b          A.31 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.32 utt1:  -- {F uh, } teacher student ratio.  /
%          B.32 utt2:  {C So } [ that, + that ] sort of an, - /
sd          B.32 utt3: most of the teachers had degrees.  {F Uh, } /  

sd          A.33 utt1:  Five hundred dollars a week.    

b          B.34 utt1:  # <Laughter> Yeah. # /  

+          A.35 utt1:  # For two kids.  /
sv          A.35 utt2:  That's # incredible. /  

aa          B.36 utt1:  It was incredible {D actually } # <laughter>. # /  

b          A.37 utt1:  # {F Oh, } <laughter> {F oh. } # /  

sd          B.38 utt1:  {C But } it was good.  /
%          B.38 utt2:  {E I mean } [ it was, + it,  ] - /
sd          B.38 utt3: at that time there were two children  /
sd          B.38 utt4: {C and } they were in special programs  /
sd          B.38 utt5: {C and } each one was a little over two hundred a week  /
sd          B.38 utt6: {C and then, } in addition, I paid a little bit extra.  /
sd          B.38 utt7:  {C But } --   

%          A.39 utt1:  {D Well. } -/  

+          B.40 utt1:  -- the kids were, - /
sd          B.40 utt2: {E I mean } they really had some great opportunities.  /
%          B.40 utt3:  {C But, } tha-, -- -/  

%          A.41 utt1:  W-, -/  

sv          B.42 utt1:  -- what you were alluding to earlier is, {D you know, } women who work for minimal # wage # --    

 b         A.43 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

 +         B.44 utt1:  -- [ [ an-, + and, ] +  and ] really [ have t-, + feel they have to ] put their children, - /
sv          B.44 utt2:  sometimes they do put them in, {F uh, } # fairly low # --   

%          A.45 utt1:  # {D You know, } # -- -/  

+          B.46 utt1:  -- paying [ sit-, + # situations. # ] /  

%          A.47 utt1:  -- # they could, # - /
sd          A.47 utt2: somebody will have a job at three hundred a week to get off welfare  /
sv          A.47 utt3: {C and } --   

b          B.48 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.49 utt1:  -- {D you know, } that's a good starting wage  /
sv          A.49 utt2: {C but } --   

b          B.50 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.51 utt1:  -- boy three hundred dollars a week doesn't go very far # on child care. # /  

aa          B.52 utt1:  # No,  /
%          B.52 utt2: even # [ that, + that ] really, I think, I don't, - /
sd          B.52 utt3: it's been awhile since I've looked at, - /
sd          B.52 utt4: my youngest child is eight.  /
sd          B.52 utt5:  {C So } it's been a little while since I've looked into, {D actually } daycare centers.  /
%          B.52 utt6:  {C But } they are -- -/  

b          A.53 utt1:  Huh. /  

sd          B.54 utt1:  -- {D you know, } the good ones do cost maybe sixty dollars a week # since ((   )) . # -/  

sd          A.55 utt1:  # {E I mean } # we used <<mispronounced>> to [ pay, + pay ] fifty cents an hour to baby-sit.  /
sd          A.55 utt2:  {C But } [ mi-, + mine ] are twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-seven  /
%          A.55 utt3: {C so } --     

b          B.56 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.57 utt1:  -- {D you know, } that, - /
qy^d          A.57 utt2: I guess baby-sitters now are up at, what, five dollars an hour? /  

na          B.58 utt1:  <Laughter> Something like that. /  

ba          A.59 utt1:  {F Oh } my. /  

sd          B.60 utt1:  {D Well, } {D you know, } {C but } you made the comment earlier, why would someone be interested in children.  /
%          B.60 utt2:  {E I mean } it has been a real, {F uh, } - /
sv          B.60 utt3: [ th-, + there ] have been some good entrepreneurial <laughter> type experiences.  /
sv          B.60 utt4:  {C And } [ I think, + I think ] they have captured a certain market.  /
%          B.60 utt5: Again the, - /
sv          B.60 utt6: {C but then } there are baby-sitting groups.  /
sd          B.60 utt7:  As a pediatrician, one of the things we've been real concerned about is the infections. /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

 sd         B.62 utt1:  As you start putting lots of little kids together, the infection rates that go around </hum>. -/  

ba          A.63 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. / 
