Posted on 07/22/2006 6:03:00 PM PDT by NYer
"If government would keep their darn fingers out of how parents choose to raise their children I think more people would be inclined to have more children.
Unfortunately with the NEA hovering over the classrooms parents are becoming just the breeders of the pupils. We have no authority over what they are taught anymore.
I think every American child should study American history first then world history. That way the kids would see how much better America is than the other countries. Instead the kids are being taught that they are citizens of the World and must know the distinctions between every other race on earth. They must never look down upon any other country because that isn't PC."
Sounds like an advertisement for homeschooling! :o)
Being a wife and mother is the greatest challenge of my life. I am grateful for the daily opportunity to better myself for the sake of my family.
I have a friend who had to marry his school sweetheart at 16 due to an unexpected pregnancy (circa 1970). They had twins and a pretty decent life. The kids turned out pretty good and were out of the house at 18. So my friends did their parently duty by age 34 and have enjoyed an empty nest since, except for entertaining grandkids.
Don't sweat it. Most people just pay lip service to the joy of kids.
I'm with you, OldPossum...in fact, I believe some of my friends are quite jealous of our happy life without children. Now, I'm not saying that having children is bad...I'm saying it's not for everyone and there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that.
Hang in there! It does get better .... albeit much later in their lives than when we were young. Society and ad campaigns have programmed them as being the center of their universe. The education system has assisted with their message that all youth must attend college or go through life as failures. College has projected the image that their lives will be fulfilled once they graduate with a degree. Then life slaps them with a reality check when the only job they can land in a competitive marketplace, that of bartender.
The euphoria of "me, myself and I" eventually wears off and if it doesn't, you as parents can help it along :-)
happy for you. maybe it was best your gene pool dies out?
Kind of a mean spirited comment, no?
I think parents of today, who have limited the number of children they bring into the world, have doted far too long and hard on their offspring, They have instilled 'greed' in their progeny and deserve the payback.
Sounds like you are picking the wrong women...
Thanks for the comment, and I believe you're right. Folks who are in a pickle somehow find a way to rationalize their situation.
I know, you're right. Discipline has been going south since way back in the '60's when Dr. Spock started "reeducating" all of us ignorant schlub parents.
Thank goodness I didn't listen, and too bad more people don't today.
Of course with the 'Free Love' era that began in the late 60s, all that began to change. 25 years ago, when my Daddy was still alive, he used to say, about the attitudes of young men, "Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free?" So it had begun to change even then.
That's why there was such a push for legalized abortion in the early 70's. All that 'Free Love' wasn't so free after all, and liberated women, and the young men who wanted to have sex with them, began to push for a chance to rid themselves of their problems. The ability to get rid of these kids started changing peoples' attitudes toward all children.
Maybe you should consider making better choices.
I find that most people go through life doing what they think they're suppose to do and quoting greeting cards.
You will never have a grandchild wrap their arms around you and hear, "I love you, Mimi." Priceless. Grandchildren are God's special reward for having been a parent.
*8-- In addition, a growing number of women are not having any children. In 2004, almost one out of five women in their early forties was childless. In 1976, it was only one out of ten.**
A good trend.
(Somehow I don't think the women are the problem)
Your post is made up BS spam.
**This experience of being welcomed and loved by God and by our parents, explained Benedict XVI, "is always the firm foundation for authentic human growth and authentic development, helping us to mature on the way towards truth and love, and to move beyond ourselves in order to enter into communion with others and with God.**
And this is the other side of the coin.
Will some copy-editor please tell this writer the difference between "less" and fewer"...?
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