(January 10, 2017 at 7:58 pm)Cato Wrote:Looking down on parents who bring an unwanted child into the world and who decide to give up that child for adoption and wanting to teach them a lesson doesn't really help the child in question. Anyone can bump uglies and make a baby but not everyone is qualified, so to speak, to be a parent.(January 10, 2017 at 6:54 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Wow, that's a little harsh. As I said above, I would actually think it would be big of them to go through the sacrifice of pregnancy and childbirth (without a baby to look forward to) for the sake of giving their son/daughter the best life possible.
To each their own though.
Harsh? I think you should reserve that for the assholes intentionally bringing an unwanted child into the world. The best possible life would be for the parents with means to raise the child. It's the abject selfishness here that I find disgusting. Not much difference in my opinion from the Spartans rejecting undesirable children. The Spartans may have been less civilized about it, but it's the same thing. Far different from those mothers agonizing over giving up a child for the lack of means to raise it. These people disgust me.
How is a parent of a disabled baby deciding that they're mentally and emotionally unequipped to handle raising the child different from a 16 year old boy or girl deciding that they're mentally and emotionally unequipped to handle raising a child? And how does parsing any real or imagined differences between the two help ensure the baby is raised in the best possible environment?
At the end of the day, it's the child's interests that should be foremost. If a parent believes the child will have a better life with another family through adoption (and, absent death of both parents, isn't that the reason for all adoptions??), then who am I to judge?
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