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Doctor in Mind-Body / Integrative Medicine, Mentor, Consultant / Training in organizational development, strategic planning, and business development, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist for Adults and Youths, Facilitator, Public Education Ambassador ( Multiple Sclerosis Association of America S. Florida. Credentials: Ph.D., & Masters of Arts in General Psychology, Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine (Magna Cum Laude), Bachelors of Science in Psychology, Minor Sociology (Cum Laude), Bachelors of Arts in Social Science (Cum Laude), & 1 year of law school studies.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Better One Good Parent, Than Two Bad Ones

Now, I am absolutely certain that many of us are fascinated by stupidity. This is especially true when some people attempt to demean others by pretending to have all the answers. The Topic: Single Moms & Electing To Have Children
I was watching a morning show where a man appeared on the show complaining of the selfishness of single females who chose to bear children without fathers to assist with the responsibilities. I am married and without children, I would not let my being single stop me from conceiving if I wanted to have a child. One cannot condemn someone for having children once the act is based on the right reasons at the time the decision was made. First, there are so many single women who took chances with men that they thought would be available to assists, as fathers instead of sperm donors. However, on a realistic note, this only happens for some women whether they are married or single. Whatever the cases are for men disappearing at the news of conception, during conception, or after conception, there remains the same dilemma--a woman who is single and is raising a child or children by herself.
Therefore, I pose these questions:
What are the differences between:
1. A man who is there since the conception of the child,
2. A man who remained for a brief period after the birth of the child and disappeared thereafter for any number of reasons,
3. A man who was there for the child since birth to infancy, adolescence, or early adulthood, but is now dead, involved in the criminal justice system being processed for various crimes, robbing and killing, abusing his significant other, or physically, sexually, and or verbally abusing the child/children
4. Men who remain for the life of the child (extremely minimal amount in numbers): "kudos for taking accountability for your part of the 46 chromosomes!,
5. Women who come to the rescue of the children of others either through adoption and, or as foster parents because the biological mothers were either too young, too destitute, ill or other, (keep in mind that the men are still missing for one reason or the other),
6. The women who were raped and chose to keep the child or abort it for evident reasons, or decide to give it up for adoption after birth due to the trauma of the assault, if abortion was not an option,
7. The men who grew resentful of their relationships because they felt indebted to the entirety of the current girlfriend, wife, and child situation, (especially with a child or children involved) and they commence cheating because they are unhappily remaining for the sake of the child,
8. The lesbian couple who chooses to have a child with her partner because their sexual orientation (both being female) does not support both sides of, or meet the criteria of the gene pool (23X & 23Y chromosomes) that is required to birth children except through artificial insemination,
9. The homosexual couples who choose to have a child with his partner because their sexual orientation (both being male) does not support both sides of, or meet the criteria of the gene pool (23X & 23Y Chromosomes) that is required to birth children except through artificial insemination of a woman or adoption,
10. The couples (males and females, military and civilian alike) who decide to place their eggs and sperm in storage for those "just in case situations" (likelihood of death, or other dilemmas),
11. Parents who remained committed even though they fight continuously before the child/children without realizing the damages being caused,
12. And, "YES", the single women who chose to have a child independently of a man? How could we forget those "single women”, who according to many, “made poor choices in refusing to wait until they are 120 years, or until they transform into dinosaurs before finding "Mr. Right". In any debate relating the questionable inferences concerning single motherhood, let us not forget the donors who sell their sperm and eggs to assist otherwise childless couples in conceiving. I am blessed and happy to have a single mother, and know that her decision to conceive resulted in the same situation many women with children typically do. The result is still single parenthood no matter how much one planned for a pregnancy if the partner decides to leave during or after conception of the child. Basically, before we start bashing every single parent and their supposedly selfish decisions to bear children with the “perfect” partner, please consider all the factors that can influence and modify an individual’s plan for a family.

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