Thank you for your message Tim. About being a uncle more satisfying than = a father I think that it=92s a quite personal feeling and as all personal= options its don=92t worth the discussion. Anyway, for one be a uncle, so= meone must have a kid. Some people could view this as a runaway from resp= onsibilities of raising a child but I respect your choice because you mad= e clear that you actively participate in his education. A further insight about your message is that the role of relatives on kin= care is well documented in nature. If you are aware of Florida=92s Scrub= Jay behavior you probably knew that uncles and brothers (aunts and siste= rs too, before someone call me a chauvinist) sometimes renounce paternity= to help in the care of nephews and brothers. But is critical to remember= that they only do that to increase the fitness of members of his own fam= ily, and with certain extant, are collaborating for passing way genes lik= e his own. Regards Osmar
De:"Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" [EMAIL PROTECTED] UMD.EDU Para:[email protected] C=F3pia: Data:Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:54:36 -0800 Assunto:The satisfaction of not being a parent > Hello, forgive me, I am just a voyeur to the discussion. Osmar, I think= =3D > you are mistaken. There is something more satisfying than being a =3D > parent. It is being an uncle. That has always been my deep biological =3D= > urge. To spend quality time with my nephew, to give him my best 5 or 6 = =3D > hours a week, always feeling excited to see him and him returning that = =3D > feeling. Relieving my brother and his wife from child-rearing duties no= w =3D > and then strengthened our relationship too. Now my nephew is 27, and I = =3D > treat him as my only son, and since his father died ten years ago, he =3D= > regards me as his dad. He will inherit all of what I have. It is not =3D= > necessary that we replicate ourselves. We can share other people's =3D > children and give them as much as we want to. We can even adopt one of = =3D > the millions of children who have no parents. Why give birth to more? =3D= > The planet will thank us. Tim Murray, BC Canada > > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra. > Scan engine: McAfee VirusScan / Atualizado em 28/11/2007 / Vers=E3o: 5.= 1.00/5173 > Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://mail.terra.com.br/ >
