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So I know that I haven't been on livejournal in months but I'm finally angry enough about something to write about it.
Having a baby when you can't provide for it.
I'm sorry but I just can't grasp the idea of bringing a child into the world knowing full well that you will not be able to provide for it. How many children are on welfare? How many children are waiting to be adopted? How overpopulated is our earth? How many people are homeless? How many children are in foster homes? I just can't justify having a baby just because.
Let me make something very clear. Just being married does not give you license or the ability to be a parent. Especially when you're unemployed, not living with your spouse, or without health insurance. The couple that I'm talking about has been married a little over two months, neither of them have even reached 21, one of them has a job (and it's not anything permanent), neither of them have a college education, and they don't live together.
So please someone tell me what makes them think that it's okay to bring a child into this world.
Some responses I've gotten have been:
"It's okay because they're married." Yea...this logic makes sense. I know plenty of unmarried couples who live together, who both have college educations, who have great paying jobs, and who are raising children. Being married is not enough, being married is not just enough a cause to have children.
"It's okay because they're in love." Well, I'm glad that love is going to provide a bed and food and health care and a roof over that child's head. Love is not enough. Marriage is something that you have to work at. A realationship is something you have to work at. Just because you love a person doesn't mean that everything is peachy. "I love you! You love me! Let's have babies!" WHAT???!!?!?!
"It's okay because God will provide." I would love to go off the deep end with this one but I don't want to upset anyone.
That's all I have to say about it I suppose.
Having a baby when you can't provide for it.
I'm sorry but I just can't grasp the idea of bringing a child into the world knowing full well that you will not be able to provide for it. How many children are on welfare? How many children are waiting to be adopted? How overpopulated is our earth? How many people are homeless? How many children are in foster homes? I just can't justify having a baby just because.
Let me make something very clear. Just being married does not give you license or the ability to be a parent. Especially when you're unemployed, not living with your spouse, or without health insurance. The couple that I'm talking about has been married a little over two months, neither of them have even reached 21, one of them has a job (and it's not anything permanent), neither of them have a college education, and they don't live together.
So please someone tell me what makes them think that it's okay to bring a child into this world.
Some responses I've gotten have been:
"It's okay because they're married." Yea...this logic makes sense. I know plenty of unmarried couples who live together, who both have college educations, who have great paying jobs, and who are raising children. Being married is not enough, being married is not just enough a cause to have children.
"It's okay because they're in love." Well, I'm glad that love is going to provide a bed and food and health care and a roof over that child's head. Love is not enough. Marriage is something that you have to work at. A realationship is something you have to work at. Just because you love a person doesn't mean that everything is peachy. "I love you! You love me! Let's have babies!" WHAT???!!?!?!
"It's okay because God will provide." I would love to go off the deep end with this one but I don't want to upset anyone.
That's all I have to say about it I suppose.