Chicagoist: The Sun-Times Has Mommy Issues

Sarah

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:13:29 -0600

Yabbi, Your personal beliefs about a two-parent household aside, this particular editorial, which is our point of commentary, very explicitly references a HUSBAND. Yes, raising a child is a huge responsibility, and yes, if that responsibility is shared by two responsible adults (regardless of gender), it should be that much easier. I don't think that was ever a point of dispute. The point here, friend, is that this editorial applauds the 16-year-old, who is single and pregnant, for having her baby because it is the "responsible" thing to do. If your final sentence is truth, then why are we applauding yet another teenager to have a baby and run the risk of raising yet another "unproductive member of society?" And you seem to have the whole "woman's right to be a mother" point ass-backwards because that argument is typically applied to women who are making a choice to not raise a child they are not ready to have -- a choice that Jamie Lynn not only didn't make but is being applauded for not making. My brother and I were both put up for adoption as babies because our birth mothers were teenagers who found themselves in a very unfortunate situation (young, pregnant and poor). And by being responsible enough to realize that there were people out there dying to be parents (my parents, incidentally, who couldn't have kids because of my mom's hysterectomy), and that they could not provide a stable life for their children just yet ... well, that decision may very well have saved our lives.

frumpiefox

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:48:31 -0600

And remember, it's better to have an abusive husband than no husband at all. If he beats on you every once in a while, it's probably because you deserved it. Oh, and the best way to vote is by subtly influencing your husband. Does that about cover it? Sadly, just because a woman has a husband does not mean that there are two responsible parents. I think there may be at least a couple of people who grew up in single parent homes that haven't joined gangs or been incarcerated. One or two.

frumpiefox

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:48:01 -0600

frumpiefox

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:47:42 -0600

Mingus_Dew

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:57:52 -0600

Wow... Both to the cited articles and matty's comment. Seriously.

yabbi

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:36:16 -0600

Sarah - it's not about a woman having a husband, it's about a child having two responsible parents. And yes, in our WORLD, the convention is a mother and a father. Perhaps one parent isn't enough. The prisons and street gangs of our world are full of the children of single mothers. The denigration of the role of a male in the raising of children is a sad trend. There's a lot to be said about the shared responsibility for raising a child, especially when you're mature enough to do so. Stop thinking it's all about the mother. Having a child is a hell of a lot about the quality of life for that child. People seem to lose sight of that and get all excited about a 'woman's right' to have children. It's unfair that women seem to think it's OK to get pregnant without a plan for raising their offspring. Too bad the unborn don't get to choose if they want to be born into an environment that isn't going to optimally support their upbringing. It's also unfair to our world, where we must deal with people who have not been brought up to be productive members of any society, because their parents were children [teenagers] who didn't have enough life experience to guide their children towards that productivity.

Sarah

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:29:52 -0600

Ladies, go and get yourself a husband. It don't matter if you're in love. It don't matter if you're a Lesbian. Go get yourself a husband because you're gonna be a fucking mess without one. -The Chicago Sun-Times

matty

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:28:56 -0600

She's ultra hot in that photo.