the baby bonus

[rm]

It is, despite the tone of the Times, hardly a new idea. Certainly it was a done thing in the world of my childhood, but like the non-romantic vision of the engagement ring, it was a form of insurance.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/fashion/06push.html

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[sethg]

I have nothing against giving gifts, but the article portrayed these presents as more than gifts and more than tokens of respect for the mother; it portrayed them as what the father owed the mother.