Yeah, But Who’s Going To Help With The Homework?
It’s not new news, per se, but it’s been rattling around in my brain for the past week or so:
California woman, 62, gives birth to 12th child
Okay, so the pregnancy happened in-vitro. I’m not sure if that bothers me even more, but I think it does. I mean, if you’re that old of a hen and there are still eggs left to hatch by natural means… Maybe there’s something bigger at play here.
But this means that they went after the pregnancy beyond normal means. And here’s the kicker:
Family members said Friday’s delivery went smoothly, despite health concerns involving Wulf, who has diabetes and has been blind since birth.
That’s right. Mommy/Grandmommy/Great-grandmommy has diabetes and is blind. So, she’s not only possibly going to be in her 80s when the newest child is possibly in college, but she’s still going to be blind, which means that her capabilities to raise the child go from being slightly impaired by the passing of time and increment of aging, but she’s also going to be still blind.
So, who is really going to raise the child? Who is really going to make the bottles, change the diapers, cootchie-cootchie-coo and all of the other…
Well, parenting stuff.
Who?
Not only that, but will this child ever get to see Mommy & Daddy at their wedding? Why would someone want to rob a child of living as long as they can with parents?
I find it selfish. Self-serving. Inconsiderate. Flat out rude.
Parents are generally the largest influencer in a developing child’s life. And then in an already-developed child’s life. And they’re generally pretty fun when you get to be old enough to drink a beer with. And they’re nice to have around to show you how to “do” things like change your oil, put on make-up, tell you what to do when you have your own first child and no one has given you a manual.
Way to bring a child into the world and rob them.
March 5th, 2006 at 9:52 am
Why, Why, Why?…And the only answer I can come up with…Is that this lady has a kind of nuttiness that hasn’t been catalogued yet…The Gotta Keep Having Babies No Matter How Old I Get disorder…But what can be done?…It seems there is a constitutional right that says that you can bring another baby into the world whether you can do the whole job of raising them or not,
March 5th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Stories like this are why this 36 year old woman who has yet to become pregnant with her first child, not for lack of trying, thinks that all idiots who don’t deserve to have children should just be killed.
I know. It’s harsh. But for every 13 year old girl that wants a baby because she thinks it’ll be like playing with a doll… for every 23 year old woman who is having her 8th kid and doesn’t know who her baby daddy is, but knows someone’s gonna hafta pay… and for every ancient Methusulah who thinks they want to have a baby so they still feel like a woman… urgh.
We just want to have a baby because we have so much love to give, and we’d love to shower it on a little one. Apparently, sometimes that’s not enough.
March 5th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
People get older but they don’t always grow up. Intentionally having a baby in your senior years takes a special kind of immature…
I only have one kid; I had him when I was 21. I *wanted* another one, but once I hit 36, that was my personal cut off. When I was a kid my parents were the “older” parents and I HATED it; it was embarrassing and I swore I’d never do that to a kid. But at least they were young enough to know they’d still be around (likely) to see MY kids…