Sir, - Imagine you get to write your own obituary with a choice of two options: 1, I wish I had spent more time at the office; or 2, I wish I had spent more time with my children. I know what every working mother will choose and probably a lot of working fathers.
Take a moment to ask yourself: what is really important: economic gain or the psychological well-being of our kids? Children need only one thing to achieve happiness and high self-esteem: unconditional love.
Sorry, Mr McCreevy, but in case you missed the point, mothers and fathers are our children's natural parents, not professional minders. - Yours, etc.,
Carl Cautley, Brambley View, Castleknock, Dublin 15.