Brother John wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
1) Not all people are suitable for parenthood. It's not easy. I
have respect for people who decide that they're not going to be as
good at parenting as their children would deserve.
2) If you decide you want a child, you'd better be prepared for the
possibility of it having special needs, because a number of them do,
and if you can't handle it, it's going to suck big-time for that child.
If I were a child, I would rather have special needs that are not met
than to be aborted. I suppose there are worse things than being
aborted, but from the child's perspective I can't think of many. --JWR
The real travesty is the parents who decide they can't cope with the
child's special needs any longer, and attempt (sometimes successfully)
to murder them. I can name 3 children offhand that were the victims of
murder or attempted murder since May 1 of this year, where there was
some attempt at justification given because of the child's special
needs. That is incredibly WRONG.
Julia
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