[bizeemommie]

"She's actually an ideal parent as she is older and has more life experience than many new mothers and more money with which to raise a child."

I am not buying it. What is an ideal parent? An ideal parent according to whom? The child? Good parents come in all ages, and in all income brackets. No amount of "life experience" prepares you for the emotional and physical roller coaster that comes with bringing a baby into the world. All that babies want are parents that love them, feed them and give them something to wear. They don't care if it is Wal-Mart brand or Baby Gap.

[Accygirl]

According to all logical measures of, it is better for a child to grow up with a parent/ parents with more money and more maturity. I'm sure there's very good young parents out there, but I'm also sure that there's very good single, career women raising children.

[Mr. Silverback]

They don't care if it is Wal-Mart brand or Baby Gap.

I remember getting teased at school (I was one of the few poor kids in a middle-to-upper-middle class 'burb) about my "Kmart clothes." Given a chance to do it again, I'd still rather have my Mom home than have stuff from the downtown stores. Plus, I'm betting I'm tougher than any of those idiots who used to give me a rash.

And I don't shop at Kmart anymore. The Wal-Mart is closer to my house. :-)