(February 24, 2016 at 2:02 pm)pool the great Wrote: I'm not saying a woman has to be dragged in,drugged and then have the kid aborted by force. I'm saying, if both parties don't consent then they shouldn't be allowed to have a child - that should be the norm. Of course i'm not saying no to single parents - provided they are capable of providing properly for the child.
A single mom/dad unable to provide for the kid yet still insisting on having one is a no brainer - not to mention a huge injustice to the child.
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And who gets to decide on what exactly that is? Excuse me, but in my last post, I told you what sacrifices I made while raising a special needs child. In addition to what I stated, I wasn't able to work because taking care of a special needs child of this magnitude required 24 hour care. I couldn't go to college. I couldn't go to work. I hand made all of her clothing up until she was five years old because I couldn't afford to shop in places like Justice For Girls.
Having her diagnosis thrown at me ten days before I gave birth hardly left me any time to prepare what I was in for. But rest assured, having her adopted out to a family who could have given her a much better start financially was out of the question. She is my child. She is part of me and I get every right to make every decision in her life up to her 18th birthday because I was the primary attachment figure since birth.
And what about instances where you have a military parent overseas and they die. What about the spouse and the kids. Do we suddenly take those kids away from the surviving parent because they are suddenly a single parent?
What about car accident victims where a parent is killed? Do we take the kids away from the parent who survives, who isn't working, but raising the kids instead, yet was a victim of an unfortunate circumstance?
I'm not really sure you're thinking this all the way through as it would seem you want to do more harm than good. And based on your previous posts in this thread about single parents, I'd say you are now shifting your goalposts in order to take some of the heat off yourself from the backlash you're now getting.
No, you seem dead set against single parenting no matter the situation. Changing your views now, is a bit too late. At least for me it is. I can only hope you are never put in the position of losing a loved one and having to raise children on your own. I just don't think you could handle that sort of pressure given your original opinion on the matter.
Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
