Thanks, but no thanks.
The single-motherhood-by-choice thing is an increasingly popular route for many women. As much as I would like to sympathize with women who desire to be moms, it gets a bit difficult with provocation such as this:
Regardless of Ms. Sloan's personal journey, the entire concept seems, to me, to be lacking some key elements, such as the je-ne-sais-quoi of an involved, committed and responsible father, perhaps?
Check out Ms. Sloan's take on the whole father thing in the section under "What About Dads?" There is a sort of underlying hypocrisy in this concept. It seems to say: "I (selfishly) want a child so that I can love them (unselfishly)." In a sense, I think it is a reflection of our humanness to desire something greater and longer-lasting (ie: the legacy of children) than seek our own happiness.
Yet children cannot and will not be that Greater Longer Lasting Thing.
Regardless of Ms. Sloan's personal journey, the entire concept seems, to me, to be lacking some key elements, such as the je-ne-sais-quoi of an involved, committed and responsible father, perhaps?Check out Ms. Sloan's take on the whole father thing in the section under "What About Dads?" There is a sort of underlying hypocrisy in this concept. It seems to say: "I (selfishly) want a child so that I can love them (unselfishly)." In a sense, I think it is a reflection of our humanness to desire something greater and longer-lasting (ie: the legacy of children) than seek our own happiness.
Yet children cannot and will not be that Greater Longer Lasting Thing.
posted by Amy M at 10:01 AM
2 Comments:
wow. that's a crazy thought to want to raise a child as a single parent. I agree with you. as a parent of two, i'm CONVINCED that children need a mother and a father! does grass grow with little water in bad dirt, sure but how well...
I think this says something about the tendency of women to take control of the situation... remember Eve. Just because we can, doesn't mean that we should. It can get us kicked out of some great clubs. Besides there is a reason that procreation takes two people.
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